Darin Erstad
Darin Erstad
Darin Charles Erstadis an American former professional baseball player and the current head coach of the University of Nebraska Cornhuskers baseball team. Prior to 2007, he had played with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim franchisebefore signing with the Chicago White Sox in 2007. He batted and threw left-handed. He was a two-time MLB All-Star and a three-time Gold Glove Award winner...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth4 June 1974
bears great pitching tough year
He bears down in the tough situations, and we haven't been able to get to him. Lackey pitched great he's been pitching great all year and we didn't do anything all night. It's frustrating.
cares playing special
Come on, what more can you say about that guy? Who cares who we're playing against? He's a special, special player.
special
Come on. What are you going to say about the guy? He's a special, special player.
kids playing
It's all for the same thing, ... Kids playing baseball.
plain sleep
It's all part of the game. It's just the way it is. We lost, plain and simple. It's over. We play again. . . . I don't know what day it is. I know we get to sleep a day.
plain sleep
They won, plain and simple, and we lost. One thing I know is we get to sleep (last night).
consistent execution given harder hit offensive runs time
At this time of year, runs are harder and harder to come by. Given that we haven't been getting hit after hit on a consistent basis, our offensive execution is going to be key.
fights-and-fighting grind pitching
They're pitching well, that's for sure. We're just going to keep fighting. That's what we do. We grind it out.
behind bring taken teams
They're one of those teams where you know that if you don't bring your 'A game,' you're going to get taken behind the woodshed.
life
You could see right then that he had it back. There was still a lot of life in him.
start swinging
You can't use any of this as an excuse. You've got to start swinging the bats. That's all there is to it.
hate thinking games
Any game could be my last, and any at bat could be my last. I'd hate to think it ended without me giving my best effort.
boys league people
Since I got to the big leagues, there's been a whole lot of Direct-TV sold in Jamestown. People like to keep up with the local boy.
thinking becoming losing
I don't think there's any danger of my ever becoming complacent about losing. I always hated to lose, regardless of what it was, even when the family was playing Yahtzee.