29 Quotes by Joe Randa

I think every situation is unique. You can get along great, but if you go out on the field and don't communicate well . . .There's a lot of things that happen in sports that are unexplainable.

Pittsburgh is more of a pitcher's park, but I'm more of a gap-to-gap hitter and I feel I still have a passion for the game and a pride in playing it.

We can't complain and whine about where we're at. We've got to go forward.

We had him. We talked about it on the mound -- 'The grass is slow here, so hop off' -- and he did. He got there, but he was just a little too quick.

To go up against the guys we've faced lately and hold our own, that's not too bad. We've gone through kind of a buzz saw.

We've been playing a lot of high-intensity games against teams that are in do-or-die situations,

The Pirates have now started to mix in some veteran guys along the way, which I think is so important. Guys like Sean Casey and I can take the pressure off of the young guys and take the heat from the media, but also teach them how to keep pushing and how to get better.

We felt like we were in all three games, and we understand that's important. On the other hand, each day you don't win a game, you've got to come out and push a little more. Not to put too much pressure on ourselves, but the next game is a big one for us.

You get that first ball hit to you, that first at-bat, everybody has the jitters this time of year.