Freddy Sanchez Quotations

What he needed to do was to work harder than the normal person just to get back to where he needed to be. This is probably the strongest I've ever seen him.

My dad dropped me off here yesterday, ... It gave me the chills.

I didn't want the break. I want to play as much as possible.

Getting away from it all was nice. I'm looking forward to a fresh start.

He doesn't give you anything twice. It's a guessing game with him and, today, I was always guessing wrong.

He doesn't throw anything twice in the same spot. It's like a guessing game, and we were guessing wrong today.

He never threw to the same spot twice, never threw the same pitch twice. You go up there just trying to put the ball in play.

We looked at the restaurant market in Indianapolis and just found it is a great and growing city.

Heck, it was just an honor just to face someone like him. All I was hoping to do was make contact against him and hope something good happened. I wouldn't have dreamed I'd have three extra-base hits off him.

Heck, it was an honor just to face someone like him,

Jim Tracy has a history of using all of his players. I know I'm going to get my chances to help this club.

Last year I was hitting mostly soft singles, ... This year I've got my swing back, and I'm hitting with authority. I've always been able to put the ball in play, and I've never seen myself as a small guy (he's 5-10, 188 lbs).

It has something to do with coming to the field every day knowing I'm going to be in the lineup, ... I know I don't have to go 3 for 3 every day so I'll make the lineup the next day.

We've received tremendous support from some of the greatest fans in baseball this week. They're excited, and we're excited to get the season started.

People are still rusty at the plate, but I think you're seeing it spread through our lineup already. We know Jim's stressing it, and we're starting to make it happen.

A game like this has to give a young team like ours confidence,

The name of the game is scoring runs and right now we are not doing it.

This is a new team. We're not trying to look at the past and see how it was. We're trying to get a fresh start.

This is going to be the first Spring Training in two or three years where I didn't have to be the first one at the field every morning and the last one here. It feels good. I can just go out and play.

This is going to be great for Pittsburgh. Jim Tracy has had a lot of success, and he's done it with young guys. For us to get all that experience, it's a tremendous boost, I think.

They were good. They were funny. But I asked if I could have one and they told me, no.

I told him to keep his head up, to get in the weight room and do whatever he could do. Once you get that far down, it's hard to come out of it. Jack wants to do so well. To see what he went through was difficult.

It's his stuff. He doesn't throw any pitch twice. It's kind of like a guessing game out there. I know I was guessing wrong.

I know my role on the team is coming off the bench, but I can definitely see myself as an everyday player. Hopefully that will come in the future, but I know my role.

I can't take any more chances with that. It's no fun. Usually, if you get hit there, you miss a day or two with the swelling and the pain.