Jeff Bagwell Game Quotations

When you come in here, it's no different from anybody else, ... except when the game starts.

Hitting is no problem, the question is if I can make throws. I'll give it a try at first base in a game in about a week.

Over any short period, pitching can carry a team. We've got the kind of pitching than can give you the chance to win game after game after game.

What led me to this (decision) was the tremendous amount of pain that I just couldn't deal with anymore. I played a couple of days in a row. I came out that first game. Then I played a couple days and I got through it. And I was like, 'All right, let's see what's happening here.' I had to come out of the game in Detroit.

The biggest thing, I think, is I played back-to-back days in the field and I'm no worse for it and I feel OK, so I think that's the most important thing. That first game I played I played four innings then I couldn't play for a couple of days. Now, I've played four innings back to back so that's good.

It's great for me, but it goes way beyond that, ... It's big for the team. We needed to win this game. Everybody knows how important every single game is, and tonight is no exception.

It's difficult. It's probably the most difficult thing to do in the game. You're just thrust into a situation where the game speeds up real quick. When you play every day, it's easy to slow it down. It's been a difficult adjustment.

All in all, it was all right. The disappointment of the game got back real quick.