David Eckstein Playing Quotations

We're having excellent at-bats through the whole lineup. When we're playing our best, it's coming from one through nine.

Scott's a hard-nosed guy who really understands and loves playing the game.

Nobody's talking about that. That's the first I've heard of it. We're just playing each game hard.

We played this same game all season. We haven't tried to do anything different here. We're not playing outside our capabilities. This is how we do it.

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.

It's like when I was playing in the Angels-Oakland games. That's not a rivalry. When fans hate the other fans, that's what makes it a big-time rivalry. These are big games. If we keep doing it over and over again, we can turn it into that, but it takes the fans to raise it to that level.

I had heard other players say 'when you play in St. Louis, you don't want to leave,' ... When you consider it, playing here is a no-brainer. It's awesome, from the organization to the manager, to the coaches to the fans. The main focus here is on winning.