Austin Kearns Quotations

With the new ownership coming in and the new people in place, everybody's optimistic.

Losing is no fun. And we've lost here for a while. We've had some opportunities in the past where the first two or three months of the season we were on top of the division. We could have used another arm or two, and we hadn't done it. It's nice to know that now that same situation would be different.

Some crazy stuff has happened. It's been a long year.

My average was by no means where I want it to be.

Getting married and having a little boy, it changes everything.

He's a good dude. There were times we'd look over and tell him that anything he could get to take it, because we were still a work in progress.

He's as clean as anyone you'll ever see.

He's definitely going to be a big help.

He's had some tough luck against these guys, so it's good to see him come out and pitch the way he did. Any time you can do that here against a lineup that can hit the ball out of the ballpark like them, that's impressive.

He was a guy everybody looked up to as far as his leadership and what he brought to the field every day. He's a guy who was there for everybody and who cared about what everybody did or was doing. He kind of looked out for everybody.

I think with all his injuries people overlooked him. He's definitely back, and what he's done looks all the more impressive.

My weight was not the reason I was struggling last year.

It definitely changes your sleeping pattern a bit, but it's been a lot of fun.

That was the worst wind I've ever seen here. It wasn't easy out there by any means.

We definitely needed to win this game. These are the games we're supposed to win.

We had a good spring, we played a lot better than this. I know everybody's expecting good things with the new people in here, and you definitely don't want to start like this, but you put this one away and forget about this as quick as you can because it's a long season.

The worst I've ever seen here. Up high, it was blowing out. But down low, it was blowing in hard.

It was ugly on our part. They didn't play that well either. It wasn't a very pretty game.

It was really like something was going to happen. It was kind of weird because I had never been through that before. You hear about it, but you don't have any control over it.

It's going to happen at some point in the season. But it happened on Opening Day. That's probably the worst we'll play all year.

It's important anywhere. The winning organizations, that's what they have. They have a plan and stick with it. Everybody knows what's going on and knows what to expect. That's what we're striving to get to, I guess.

It's disappointing because it's Opening Day, the president is here and everyone was excited. And we go out and play probably the worst game we'll play all season.

They call him 'The Mayor' for a reason. He definitely has a lot of fans.

They wanted me to come in lighter. I planned on doing it anyway, just because such a big deal was made out of that last year. I didn't want people to use that as an excuse.

I just introduced myself, said hello, and told him I support him and what he's trying to do.

The game was close, so I figured I might get to pinch hit. I had a bad game Saturday and had been battling. I needed to relax. That (hit) was good to see.