David Eckstein Quotes

They battle. There's no quit over there. After the first two nights, they came back with the same game plan. They definitely play hard. It's very impressive. - David Eckstein

There will be no letup. We have a week and a half left. We're going to play every game hard, as you can tell by the last two nights. - David Eckstein

There is definitely a lot more to it than show up and swing. I'm working on staying inside the ball, working on different hit-and-runs, moving runners, creating situations in your head. So when the game comes up, you're prepared to execute whatever needs to be executed. - David Eckstein

The way Jimmy [Edmonds] hit the home run in Game 6, and making the catch he made in Game 7 -- it just seemed like every one of those games was so intense. Home-field advantage was a real key, so you definitely have to be ready to play. - David Eckstein

The thing you don't do is come to a new team and force yourself on people. We walk in here as a bunch of guys but over time we're going to develop into a team. It's going to be interesting to see how it ends up playing out. - David Eckstein

The one thing I didn't want to do was get into any type of jumpiness, ... Any type of anything in my body besides just focus on the baseball. And it's pretty calming to step into at the plate in that situation. I have no idea, no reason why. - David Eckstein

The great thing about this club is we are able to put that stuff behind us and approach every single game the same. - David Eckstein

The bottom of our lineup has done such a great job to provide opportunities, getting on base. The one inning when Nunie had a great at-bat, goes 3-2, draws the walk, and then Carp goes up there and gets another walk, that's with two outs there. And that gives me the opportunity to do something. That's a lot of fun. - David Eckstein

That's when we really knew we could beat the best. That woke up everything for us. Confidence doesn't show up in the box score, but it's so important. After that, we knew we could win it all. - David Eckstein

That's what we try to do, put pressure on the other pitcher. - David Eckstein

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