51 Quotes by Jeff Conine

He was coaching us through it, ... It's pretty simple. You've got a diamond that represents your line of site. That's the perfect track you want to be on. There's a box, and you want to put your box over the diamond and keep it there. As you're maneuvering the space shuttle you want to stay on that diamond.

He got very emotional when he told us, like your granddad is going away and you're not going to see him anymore. It's tough for him. Baseball is his life.

He doesn't give you many mistakes to hit. It was just command. He was not throwing 95 mph at you. It was just pinpoint control.

He doesn't give you many mistakes to hit and when he does it almost surprises you that he makes a mistake.

He made some mistakes. And, fortunately for us, we didn't miss them.

We can hear him ragging on the umpires when there's a bad call.

We're in the dugout hitting instead of maybe giving up another run,

We're playing terrible. It's disheartening. You're close to being in a race and playing terrible. It's not very fun.

I take that very seriously. I think management, that's one of the reasons that they brought me back. They know I am going to play hard and lead by example. If there is something that needs to be addressed, I don't mind addressing it.