6 Quotes by Rick Short

I don't have any family or friends or anybody down there. But just seeing the pictures, and seeing a restaurant or someplace you went to get a drink or something, it's tough.

It's kind of bad timing because I was getting a chance to play, ... But I guess in another way it's great timing because there's only eight games left and I can get ready for spring training. It's better it happened now than in April and lose the whole season.

It's nice to get up here and see what major league baseball is all about. I have confidence I can play here. But given the situation that we came into, being in the middle of a pennant race . . . we understood our playing time was going to be kind of sparse.

I hadn't played in nine days and I was a little concerned about the timing and getting some at-bats, ... But after the first at-bat the jitters went away and I just played like I always have.

I realize the opportunities are probably going to be limited, so I've got to make an impact when I can. When you have a season like that I think everyone has confidence. They know I can hit.

The jitters weren't there. Whenever a September call-up gets in there, you try to do something to win a game, make an impact, leave an impression on somebody, and that's all you can do.