36 Quotes by Joe Nathan

Somebody said, 'Hey, let's grow beards.' OK, let's do it. I guess it doesn't take much for us to go with it. It's something fun for us.

Sounds awesome. He's going to do nothing but help us, and hopefully he'll get back to his old form. Hopefully it'll be like the Shannon Stewart trade.

They were loud. Every pitch, every strike, they got louder and louder. I wish it could be like that all season. I wish they'd come back.

They go hand and hand. That's one of the good things ? I'll be able to stay on the same schedule there as I would here anyway.

There's broad frustration and even antagonism out there. Americans perceive unions as people who put the interests of their members first. They don't feel the unions pay enough concern to getting rid of ineffective teachers. They see unions as challenging and often trying to stop school reform.

At least top three. A lot of times wins are out of your control, so all he can do is try to finish off strong with his last three (starts) and get his win total up a little bit and hopefully his other numbers are strong enough to persuade some people to go that route.

It's going to be a tough opening month. I think most of us are just looking forward to getting the season going and looking forward to the challenge of it. Hopefully we can get off to a good start and play the best baseball right away because it's not going to be an easy stretch.

It's going to be more of a mental battle for guys that use them on a regular basis. Once they get over that, it won't impact them at all. But until then, it may.

It's great and all. It's not like we're playing for individual things. It's nice to have but at the same time, I'd trade it in for a playoff berth.