Tony Graffanino Quotations

We needed a crisp game. Overall, this was a pretty good game for us.

If we hit, maybe it's a different series.

I didn't get a good read on it. I just took my eye off it. I just flat out missed it,

I didn't get a good read and took my eye off the ball a little.

He had been throwing everything hard up to then. I don't know how you throw that pitch in that situation. It takes a tremendous amount of guts.

He's got the makings of being a nasty closer.

I saw them on the TV replay. I guess it's okay to be celebrating on the field.

I was moved beyond belief. I could have cried.

When the ball left, it crushed me, ... then their monster (Bobby Jenks) came in and closed it out.

We feel good about ourselves. I don't care how you get in. We'll take it any way we can get it.

We had a great crowd behind us cheering loud. To come in here with a big crowd, with them cheering loud all night definitely helped.

This team doesn't focus on yesterday. There's nothing we can do about being down 2-0. We just have to be ready to win the next three ballgames, and the attitude in here is that's exactly what we're going to do.

This team doesn't focus on yesterday, ... There's nothing we can do about being down 2-0. We just have to be ready to win the next three ballgames, and the attitude in here is that's exactly what we're going to do.

Everybody who's ever been in the game has been in a situation where they screwed up the game. It crushed me. We're losing, and it's my fault.

I've never been on a team where everybody stinks.

It was tough playing in Kansas City, ... You play to win. When you go out there and lose the majority of your ballgames, it's tough every day. Obviously, this has been exciting.

Probably as underrated a third baseman as I've ever seen.

This is the best rivalry in sports. This is a blast. It will be phenomenal if we win three. That's our goal. It has to be our goal.

You don't feel pressure to do anything here because of the lineup, ... You know if you don't get the job done, there's a good chance the guy behind will. There are so many guys who can do so much damage.

It's just been a lot of people calling to say they are praying for me, people calling to tell me to keep my chin up. I even had a nice comment from someone in the media saying they appreciated the way I stood up and answered all the questions. They are kind words at a time when you would like to hear them.

It's a streak for us. We'll take it right now after losing all those ball games. We feel like a winning ball club again.

It's a place I'm going where I feel like I'm wanted and I should get decent playing time there. This wasn't a good situation for me.

It's been a tough spring mentally and physically. I'm glad that it's over and I can move on and get a fresh start.

It's an awkward situation, but one I feel I can handle. I'll do my business and let everything else play itself out.

It takes the wind out of your sails.

Not only did they mess up this season (for me) but next season also. They took a decent amount of money out of my pocket and a lot of security and added a lot of uncertainty, a lot of frustration.

Anytime you get hit in the hand, you think it's serious, ... Those bones, it's so easy to break those.

That's a huge play right there, ... He hit the homer and I felt like the game turned in their direction. It's completely my fault.

I'm anticipating pandemonium. I'm anticipating a dogfight. It will be the most intense baseball series I've ever been part of.

I'm anticipating pandemonium, ... I'm anticipating a dogfight. It will be the most intense baseball series I've ever been part of.

I don't know if you can have a big game in August, but it was a big game to us. For the last two weeks, we haven't been playing our best baseball.

If I focus on it, it's going to consume me and affect the way I play tomorrow and I don't want that to happen. I wish it never happened but it did. But in my mind I have to make believe it didn't happen.