31 Quotes by Lyle Overbay

You kind of get nervous when you come in and see everyone around a new team and you're not sure what kind of clubhouse it is. I knew it was going to be a good clubhouse, but I didn't know it was going to be this good.

We got good guys to hit and run, to steal bases so we don't have to wait for the three-run home run. But it's always nice to have that option. ... It makes everybody better in that lineup.

You get those guys with the high ERAs and you expect to go out there and beat up on them. You try to do too much. I think more times than not we get ourselves out against guys like that.

I've been hitting in a cage since December, but we'll see once I get out in the field and see some live pitching (on) how I'm doing. I got into some bad habits late last season so I was just trying to get back to where I was.

You never know what's going to happen ahead of you. You're kind of just throwing out things and situations knowing what you're going to do so when you get up there you can just go ahead and do it, you've planned it out.

A lot of guys, with a runner on third with less than two outs, we're going to concede that run. He can get that strikeout. Those guys don't come along too often, and when you've got one of them on your side, it's nice.

Absolutely. I've always wanted to be a .300 hitter with lots of doubles and drive in runs. The biggest thing is driving in runs and it doesn't matter how you're driving in runs as long as you are. I just take pride in that.

I took it upon myself to bunt because Carlos Lee is behind me and Geoff Jenkins, he's already 4-for-4, that's going to put them in a situation to drive those guys in and I wasn't having a very good day. That's one of those things where it just depends what day it is, if I'm feeling good than I'm going to hack away, sometimes if I'm not, I'll try to draw a walk, try to move that runner up.

It's a great time to be a Blue Jay.