David Eckstein Hit Quotations

Right in that time of day if you hit the ball right there, you can't see it,

He'll sit there and go, 'Get on base, I'll hit you in. He puts this team on himself.

His sinker started working a lot better, and he was able to hit the zone.

When Berkman hit the homer, the place was unbelievable. They were so loud.

We didn't lay back and let things happen today, ... We hit and ran and just pushed the envelope all day, that really show Tony's management style.

I've hit balls with everything I've got and it doesn't go over the fence. So I definitely run hard. I'll never have the opportunity to sit there and watch one as it goes out because I don't have that kind of pop.

That's a great positive, I think, for everyone in St. Louis. To see him actually be able to turn on it and hit it as far as he did, we were very excited about that.

By starting up the action with the hit-and-run and making him swing the bat and try to hit the ball to the right side, that might have gotten him going. It takes a little while, but his swing looked a lot better tonight.

All I wanted to do was face him again. I was hoping he would hit me in the back with a fastball. I really was. Just so I could run down to first base, to show him that I could take it. We did face them in the loser's bracket. And he hit me, and I ran to first. And it was his last pitch of the game.