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...
hard moving urgency
Everybody's moving around a little slow. We've got to come out with a better attitude. It's hard to come back every game. We've got to come out with a sense of urgency right off the get-go.
figured needed struggling
I kind of figured it was coming. I've been struggling so bad, I feel like I needed a day off.
forward leagues playing teams year
It's something you look forward to every year playing different teams and playing different leagues to see how you compare.
happening seems stuff surprised understand win
I'm very surprised about the stuff that's happening and the attitudes. I just can't understand why it seems the willingness to go out there and give it all you got and win is just not there.
attitude stuff surprised
I'm very surprised about the attitude and the stuff that's happening. The willingness to give it all you've got is just not there. We need to go out with more willingness, more heart, more effort.
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.
fans great last present year
It was a great feeling. It was just different, in that we had a going-away present from the fans last year in Montreal. And this year, it was like we had a home.
confident stay
It's huge. We've just got to keep our confidence. We're going to have some big at-bats. We have to stay confident and come through in them.
bad coming finish last leave season short taste team
This team doesn't want or need to finish in last place after the season we've had. It's going to come up short of what we wanted to do. But I think coming in last place would leave a bad taste in our mouths.
driving good guys job patient
We did a good job of being patient. Wakefield didn't have good command, and we did a good job of being patient and getting good swings. If we get on base, these guys do a job of driving us home.
people shock
I've been in this organization, the Montreal/Nationals organization, from the onset of it. It's just a shock that I'm not going to be with the same organization, the same people I've been around my whole career. That's going to be different.
games giving
This is September. We can't be giving at-bats away and giving games away.
carry coming emotions good seen side stretch team today
This is a different team today than I've seen in awhile. Hopefully, that'll carry over. . . . It's the way we should play. Coming down the stretch here, it's going to be a lot of emotion. Hopefully, it's on the good side for us.