8 Quotes by Jeff Mathis

I was the most excited person in the stadium after that hit.

We kept asking him about the nail and he said it was feeling good. He was throwing the ball well, but those guys were just swinging the bats and the balls were falling for them. Those guys are good hitters and that's why they put up the numbers they do.

I've been waiting all my life for this opportunity, and I'm pretty excited. I'm not going to put too much pressure on myself. I'm just going to do what I've done in the past.

It's exciting to be in the big leagues and be playing at this level, but to be playing on a team like this is even more exciting. With Salmon and Erstad and some of those guys who have been around a while, they know how to play the game. I just try to hang around and pick their brains and do the things that they do.

It's always nice to get a hit in that situation to keep your team alive. I guess it was good to go ahead and get that one out of the way.

It's very exciting. I'm just bummed because we lost.

I heard some words ... but I don't know what was said. The ball didn't hit him, and he just took off.

The first inning or two, I was a little nervous ---- I'm not going to lie to you. But after that, I kind of settled down a little bit and just played the game.