Grudzielanek Quotes

We do the little things... I've never seen so many squeezes in my life. - Mark Grudzielanek

We did everything we could. That was a tough run that we scratched out. Mota's tough. We took advantage of a walk. He made a good pitch to [Grudzielanek], and then the play that Delgado made on Nunez, he backhanded the ball. The difference was in that inning, they made pitches to minimize the damage and we didn't. - Tony La Russa

This is something where you mess with the core of your (body), your back, it's tough. I don't know how effective I would be out there today or yesterday because the pain there just shocks your whole body. I've never had something like that before. The last few days it's been constant. - Mark Grudzielanek

This is a team that strives to do the little things. When we do it out there, like we did tonight, it just looks so good. - Mark Grudzielanek

There's a lot more to it than just winning the division. - Mark Grudzielanek

The way he works is phenomenal, between him and [Game 2 starter Mark] Mulder and [Matt] Morris, they get out there and throw. Defensively, we're not on our heels, ever. If people could see that, and other pitchers can understand what that means to us defensively, it's a huge lift. - Mark Grudzielanek

The last thing we want to do is give these guys life to get back in the series. - Mark Grudzielanek

That's the first time I've seen him and I was very impressed. That was the only chance I really had to get something out over the plate and hit. ... He's got great stuff. - Mark Grudzielanek

That's our mission. We've got to get back there and try to win the thing. That's what it's all about. - Mark Grudzielanek

That's how we try to play. We try not to make mistakes. If you're going to beat us, you're going to have to hit. But when you jump out on teams like that, it's tough. We've all been there, but that's hard to come back from. We jumped out on them in Game 1, and just kind of kept it going. - Mark Grudzielanek