Jason Giambi Hit Quotations

I got those pretty good. It's been a long time since I've hit balls like that. The ball doesn't usually carry here that well.

I got a gift, he threw me a breaking ball and I just got the bat head to it. I hit it off the pole and Randy made it hold up. This was a big win for us.

I was all over the place then. I had been hit (by a pitch) in the head and had been doing so much work since spring training to try and make up for last year that I was just strung out. But I knew it would change.

We just couldn't seem to get the big hit to break open games.

Actually, Joe was the one who congratulated me, ... And I said: 'For what? I know ain't gotten a hit in a while.' But it's exciting, no doubt about it.

This game, it seems when you play it the best, is when you're not really thinking a lot and just reacting and keeping it at its simplest point - just see it and hit it.

I'm just glad we won. If I had hit three solo shots and we lost, who cares? ... They came in big spots. I love playing in this ballpark. I came through here a lot of years with the A's. I see the ball well, and it gets out of here to left.

I'm just trying to go up there and get a good pitch, ... I got a couple of mistakes and was able to hit them hard.

I really didn't know (about the milestones), ... Actually, Joe's the one who congratulated me. I said 'For what? I know I haven't had a hit for a while.'

I hit it pretty good. I kind of reacted in and caught it clean.

I haven't hit one like that in a while. That felt good.

The game slows, ... I don't overanalyze. I just try to get a good pitch and hit it. Even when I cooled off after July, I was still taking good at-bats. I'm just trying to hit the ball hard. Tonight, I got a few mistakes.

The just want to make sure I can hit first.

It was a slider that didn't slide, the same pitch he hit off me before. I knew the location of this pitch was trouble when I let it go.

It's been a long time since I hit a ball like that to center.