Brad Wilkerson
Brad Wilkerson
Stephen Bradley Wilkersonis an American former college and professional baseball player who was an outfielder and first baseman in Major League Baseball for eight seasons. Wilkerson played college baseball for the University of Florida, and was selected by the Montreal Expos in the first round of the 1998 Major League Baseball Draft. During his Major League career, he played for the Expos, Washington Nationals, Boston Red Sox, Texas Rangers, Seattle Mariners and Toronto Blue Jays...
ball calming chance hit looking matter pitch relaxed strike swinging zone
I'm swinging at everything. It's a matter of calming down, getting relaxed and looking for a pitch in the strike zone. ... Once I get more comfortable, more relaxed at the plate, I'm going to see the ball in the strike zone and have a better chance to hit it.
calming matter swinging
I'm swinging at everything. It's a matter of calming down.
bottom care needs people problems send wanting within
If people have problems with people not wanting to win, he needs to tell them and not send it through you guys, ... That's the bottom line. We need to take care of it within our team.
looks risk thrown took worked
If you get thrown out, it looks bad, ... But I took the risk, and it worked out.
crap gave gonna nobody outside rather stuff team
If you're gonna do well and you want to be a part of a team that's going to win, and all the things that you want to do in your career, that outside stuff just comes with it, ... It's great. I'd rather it be like that than it was in Montreal, where nobody really even gave a crap about the team winning.
game good guys last ninth
In the dugout, I think there was good spirits. I think guys were back to where we were before the ninth inning last night. This was our game to win.
base drive everyday guys hitting player
If I do end up hitting leadoff here, I think it's going to be a positive. With an everyday player hitting before me, it will give me more opportunities with guys on base to drive in runs.
batting calmed feeling game mentally practice quite swing
I feel all right, my swing just doesn't feel quite right. In batting practice you can get away with a lot of stuff, but a game is different. I just want to get it calmed down and have the feeling mentally that I can go out and perform.
figured needed struggling
I kind of figured it was coming. I've been struggling so bad, I feel like I needed a day off.
bay cleveland five great huge playing road series starting tampa team trip win
A great road trip. To come back in Cleveland to win that series and get these two ... no excuses, but it's been a long road trip for just five games. It's huge going 4-1. Cleveland has a great team and Tampa Bay is playing better. But we pitched well and scored some runs. We're starting to jell together.
sending
He can hit. It's not like you're sending an out up there every time.
sending
He can hit. I mean, it's not like you're sending an out up there every time.
dugout guys
He buzzed my tower, ... and guys in the dugout got upset.