Casey Blake
Casey Blake
William Casey Blakeis a former Major League Baseball third baseman...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth23 August 1973
CityDes Moines, IA
bother city expect expected experience fans given good guys last nobody older situation win year
Expectations don't bother us, because we expect to win ourselves. Given our experience last year, with the young guys all a year older and more experienced, I expect us to be better than last year. It wouldn't be a good situation if nobody expected you to be able to win. But our fans and the city expect us to win, and so do we.
patient pitch
I wanted to be patient my first at-bat and see how he was going to pitch me.
half month
No one in here is going to panic. No one in here is discouraged. We've got a month and a half left.
hopefully instincts react stuff
It's just new stuff every night, ... I'll just have to react to it, and hopefully my instincts will take over.
cheering fans hear nice
That was nice. It's nice to hear fans cheering for us. That was cool.
fire level room stoop took
I don't know if I want to stoop to his level and fire back. I took it personally. There's no room for bashing other players.
amazing diminished lead
Anything is doable, ... It's pretty amazing that the lead has diminished like that.
experience last team year
Last year was last year. We're going to be a better team for that experience.
expect night win
This is how we expect to play. We expect to win every night.
everybody job playing position wants win worst
Apparently, we've got to do something different. Everybody is playing hard. Everybody wants to win in the worst way. It's frustrating when you're in the position we were in and you don't get the job done.
beat best capable comfort knowing maybe played team
Maybe it'll give us some comfort knowing we played with the best team, beat the best team and we're just as capable as they are.
confidence corner good hits relaxed trying
I have confidence in my corner right now. I'm relaxed and comfortable in my approach. I'm just trying to have good at-bats. If you do that, the hits should come.
gone last team year
I wouldn't say we're a better team than last year at this time. But mentally, we're in a better place. Having gone through what we did at the end of last season, I think we're better off for it.
adversity five help next overcame remember
We need to remember the adversity that we overcame this year. Hopefully, that will help us the next five games.