Eighth Quotes

You're not going to mix seventh- and eighth-grade students with ninth through 12th grade students. - Dan Kaiser

You're at a slight disadvantage (batting eighth) because the pitcher is behind you. That makes it harder because you don't see as many pitches to hit. - Mike Lieberthal

You might be working beside someone with one-fourth or one-eighth (Indian blood) and not know it. - Jim Miller

You have to play with who you have. We had three opportunities to win the game, in the seventh, eighth and ninth. Someone had to step up. - Larry Deeks

You have a lead against the eighth-ranked team in the country, you know they're going to fight back. - Kelly Whitney

You get to see where their passions are. It is kind of fun to see what eighth-grade students are interested in. - Lucinda Hitchner

You don't want to let him have 70 pitches in the eighth inning, which he did, but at the same time you want to .attack him. - Chris Woodward

You come in in the seventh and eighth, and there's usually runners on. You're facing their best pinch-hitter because they have a chance to do damage. Sometimes, it's tougher. - David Weathers

You can go back in the year and look at the seventh, eighth and ninth inning; we played well enough to win. We should have won those ballgames. ... Hopefully (the poor performance of the relievers) will be addressed this offseason. - Eric Chavez

You always like a guy that has enough versatility to play defense. You never want to have a guy sit over there that can just hit. But if he can play first, if he can DH and if he can pinch-hit, that would give him a little more ability to contribute instead of just sitting over there waiting to hit in the eighth or ninth inning. That type of player doesn't give a manager much flexibility. - Terry Ryan