Brandon Claussen Quotations

When I walked over there, he wasn't moving. He was knocked out. He wasn't moving at all.

Mistakes happen and there is nothing you can do about it. Sometimes they happen at the beginning of the year, sometimes at the end of the year.

My job is to make sure I give our team a chance to win, ... I felt like I did that. I have to tip my cap to Ohka. He pitched a great game, too.

My job is to give our team a chance to win. I felt like I did that.

I didn't change anything, ... They might have changed their approach. They were swinging at the first pitch.

I felt good. This was the first time I went three innings right out of the chute. It's definitely something to build on.

He was pitching great, ... He doesn't need any more runs than that.

It happens. Why it happens is because I didn't make good pitches.

I was all over the place, man. That will come back and get you.

Jerry is a very credible guy. He lives what he talks. I completely respect that. Sometimes, he may say something to you that you don't want to hear. But it's the truth. Sometimes that will prune you back a little bit. But when you get pruned, you always grow more fruit.

I thought it was his arm, I didn't know his face was in the way. When I walked over there, he wasn't moving, he wasn't talking - he was knocked out. He wasn't moving at all. LaRue and I both thought it was his shoulder, but when he woke up he said his face was numb.

My bullpen and the first inning, everything was down and had life on it. Something happened in the second inning where I was rushing the plate and everything was up in the zone, away. I was having a hard time locating. I was pretty fortunate to get out of there with only two runs.

Yesterday was a tough loss. What can you do? We played a good game. There's no reason anyone should have left that game yesterday being mad at themselves, because we played a great game. But it is nice to come back today and put runs on the board to beat a team.

Try to keep our bats quiet, ... and sooner or later, we're going to get you.

When mistakes are made, there's nothing you can do about it. I'm just glad we limited that inning to only one run. It was one of those innings that really could have got out of hand. We had some damage control.

We went over the scouting report and I didn't know hardly anybody. I'm not saying they're not good, but I hadn't faced anybody.

We went over the scouting report, and I didn't hardly know anybody. Not that they weren't good. I just never faced them before.

Things are going well. I can't complain, ... I used all of my pitches and I'm very pleased with the results.

That pitch was four inches off the ground, ... That's a good pitch. He put the bat on the ball, got out front and used the short porch.

It's just one of those guys. Everyone's got one. Sometimes they're hard to get out.

It's like a pasture out there. It's a pitcher-friendly ballpark.

It's like a pasture out there. But you've got to keep the ball down, regardless.

It?s funny because people are writing about things that haven?t even happened yet. If they?re expecting us to be the worst, the sky is the limit for us because we?re already at the bottom. I?m telling you, I think we?re going to turn some heads, I really do.

It's nice pitching with a lead. That's something I feel like our staff is going to be doing pretty often because we do score runs.

Everybody wants to improve from year to year. I believe I will. I have confidence in all my pitches. I have confidence in the team around me. I think it's going to be a good year.

It was like I was throwing watermelons up there, and they were Gallagher .

It was a battle every inning, ... I didn't have a 1-2-3 inning. There were people on base every inning. But I was able to make pitches when I had to.

They are out for blood right now, ... They are playing as good as anybody in the big leagues. They are swinging the bats. They are playing good defense. They just beat us.

I'm just trying to be aggressive in the strike zone.

I had to battle every inning. I was going to let them put the ball in play and there were some great plays behind me.

I just had to hang with 'em for a little while. Confidence is the big key. You're your own worst enemy sometimes.

But I'm not going to complain about getting runs.

Hey man, a 9-spot. That's like getting 5-under par on the back nine rolling up 18. The only thing I was disappointed with is that I did walk some guys.

Honestly, he hit me pretty good. I only played my senior year.

I am not that bad a pitcher. I am in the major leagues.

I feel like all of the pitchers on the staff are way ahead of schedule. We're preparing to work through the seventh inning this year, boys.

The home run ball to Jason Lane was four inches off of the ground. It was a good pitch but he was able to put the bat on the ball, get it elevated and get it out. I might have been just a hair up in that inning but I was still aggressive in the strike zone.