Casey Blake
Casey Blake
William Casey Blakeis a former Major League Baseball third baseman...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth23 August 1973
CityDes Moines, IA
expect night win
This is how we expect to play. We expect to win every night.
confidence corner good hits relaxed trying
I have confidence in my corner right now. I'm relaxed and comfortable in my approach. I'm just trying to have good at-bats. If you do that, the hits should come.
feeling helpless lost momentum
I don't know. We just lost some momentum somewhere. It's a helpless feeling when you can't get anything going.
half month
No one in here is going to panic. No one in here is discouraged. We've got a month and a half left.
against expect good great hanging nobody taking team three win
Nobody is hanging their head. You like to win every game, expect to win every game, but taking two of three against a great team is a good thing.
against ball caught front hit instead top
I was guarding against the ball in front of me instead of over my head. The way it hit my glove, I thought I caught it, but it hit the top of my glove or the front or something.
gone last team year
I wouldn't say we're a better team than last year at this time. But mentally, we're in a better place. Having gone through what we did at the end of last season, I think we're better off for it.
experience last team year
Last year was last year. We're going to be a better team for that experience.
hopefully instincts react stuff
It's just new stuff every night, ... I'll just have to react to it, and hopefully my instincts will take over.
lost momentum rough week
It's been a rough week ? we just lost our momentum somewhere,
alone cut dropping gave
They kind of gave it to us. Obviously, they cut their own throats. You won't see that too often, big leaguers dropping a ball, let alone two in one inning.
against beat last played tough
It makes it tough because I know that we played well. We beat them. We played well against them last year.
definitely mind overcome satisfied weighed
It was definitely one of the most frustrating years of my career. It weighed on my mind a bit. But I was satisfied with the way I rebounded from it. I was able to overcome a lot of adversity.
circumstance expected last weird win
It was a weird set of circumstances. We expected to win today, we expected to win the whole last week.