57 Quotes by Brandon Backe

"I didn't know what to expect today. I was sore when I got up this morning, and I was really sore after the game last night. But it wasn't pain and that's the important thing."

"I felt the same tonight as I did the first two times back. I just didn't get any breaks those other times."

"I certainly don't want surgery, and I certainly don't want to be out for a year. If that's what I have to do, I have to start preparing myself now for it. If I don't, it's just going to feel better for me when someone says I don't need surgery."

"I don't think (the lineup) is as powerful as last year, so (I'm) just going to have to pitch them a little bit different, try to get some ground balls early and keep the pitch count down,"

"You couldn't ask for anything more. They totally backed me up. I didn't do what I wanted to do today, but it doesn't matter. The bullpen kept us there where we needed to be, and we got some big hits."

"This is our ballpark, and we've had plenty of those this year. Now I feel like all the other pitchers who have given up home runs here in that fashion."

"The home run that Howard got was basically a pitch that he cheated on, ... He just kind of opened up and hit a pitch. It was right where I wanted it."