Dustin Hermanson Quotations

One bad pitch. It's discouraging. I guess sometimes it's going to happen. But unfortunately it was a big game for us.

Obviously, every time we have a lead in the ninth inning I want to be in there. I think they are trying to help me, not overuse me. I think they're doing the right thing, trying to take care of me, trying to protect me.

I'm already pumped up. If I needed music to do that, I'd be in trouble.

That was one of the greatest leaps I ever had,

Well, nobody has ripped my jersey off of my back yet. Until they demand it back from me, I'm not giving it back. I'm just going to keep trying. That's all I know. That's all I've known since I was little. Keep working hard and plugging away until all 30 teams say they don't want you.

We've been reading articles about us choking all year,

You got to accept it. When you're winning games, you got to keep doing what's been winning and that was keeping the starting staff there.

This is one of the best pitching staffs in the league this year and that halfway proves it. How many starters did we have who had 200-plus innings?

It's been a long time, but it doesn't matter,

I've had a few days off, so it felt a little better than normal, ... I'll be pitching at 85 percent for the rest of the year, and I have been for a while. So, I'm just trying to go out there. Heart will get you through tough physical times, and I'm trying to pitch in my heart with more than anything else right now.

I'm not giving up hope. It has been tough to swallow lately.

I'm just hoping guys aren't reading the papers and guys are acting like kids and having fun. It seems like when this team is having fun, it's when we play the best. We haven't been doing that lately because guys have been putting pressure on themselves.

You've got to accept it. You don't fix what's not broken. This is the best starting staff I've seen for a whole year. I do know I helped the team get here and that's all that really matters to me.

The first series we didn't have a whole lot of opportunities.