Quotes by Eric Chavez

I never envisioned half of what we've done. Going through what we went through, I just wanted to get back to the point where we had competitive games - not even winning, just competitive games.

I never said I needed someone to hit behind me. I just said I needed someone else in the lineup. If you only have one or two hitters in the lineup, you're not going to win.

I guess he caught Jason at the wrong moment, which is not hard to do.

I guess he caught Kendall in the wrong moment, which isn't hard to do.

I know. That's how good Joe was. In this environment, it's a big deal, and I've seen a lot of our guys go out there pretty timid at times. But there was nothing timid about Blanton. I thought he had really good stuff tonight, and he just went after guys with it.

I know there's a lot of unfair things being said, but it was a no-win situation for the U.S. You're supposed to win but with all the quirks of the way it's set up, it just wasn't toward the advantage of the U.S. People who really know the game and are involved in it understand they were a little bit behind going into this whole thing and at a real disadvantage.

I'm a big just-play-baseball guy. I'd rather we just kept it all between the lines.

I hope we can score five or six runs tomorrow. I hope this will help get our confidence back. There's a lot of baseball left, I hope we can get going again.

I kinda hit the panic button a little. My main focus was just put the barrel on the ball. I guess during the game a switch went on. But I was shagging balls and felt delusional. I didn't know where I was at.

I'm really excited about this tournament, and I'd like to backdoor my way into it any way I can.