Brandon Backe
Brandon Backe
Brandon Allen Backeis a former pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays and Houston Astros during his career...
ball game good outing team
I just want to go out there and give my team a good outing and keep us in the ball game as long as possible.
bad certainly good
I want it to be a good one, ... You never want to go out on a bad note, and certainly now is not the time.
came felt fifth game good telling truth
I don't know if he was telling me the truth or not, but he said he felt pretty good. He actually came up to me and told me I'm going to have a good game to set him up to have a good game on the fifth day.
ball ballpark bat expect good guy hit job putting strong
I didn't expect him to hit it out of the ballpark. That's for sure. I put the ball where I wanted, and he did a good job of putting the bat on it. He's a pretty strong guy to hit it out of the ballpark with one hand.
good hit roll
He hit good pitches. I can't even say much about it. He didn't even roll over on me. He just got under them. There's really nothing else I can say about it. Fastballs away, right where I wanted to put them.
gives pain shooting
Once I get going and try to give it a little oomph, it gives me that shooting pain. It's like someone stabbed me in that area.
five swing team
Once I show that I can go five innings, I'd be comfortable to get back with the team and get back in the swing of things, be involved,
again balls definitely felt great ground left middle needed trying
I left some balls in the middle of the plate. I was trying to find it again today. For the most part, I felt pretty good. I got some ground balls when I needed to. I definitely wouldn't say it was a great outing.
ready
I'm just ready to get out there, ... I feel real good.
time wake
I'm very relieved. Any time you wake up and feel pretty good, it's always a positive.
Not being there has been pretty tough. But you can't really do anything about it.
game less pitch runs series
I try to pitch every game like it's a World Series game, ... I try not to give up any runs and, if I do, to give up less runs than we score.
dugout feet games knowing sitting team wait watching wet
It's been tough. Sitting there in the dugout and watching your team play knowing that I'm not going to have anything to do with the game. Especially in games that we lose, it's really hard. I'm back now and I just can't wait to get my feet wet again.
definitely knows
It's definitely on my mind, ... Who knows what's going to happen? A lot of my friends are not wealthy, and I don't know if they'll be able to get out.