Casey Blake
Casey Blake
William Casey Blakeis a former Major League Baseball third baseman...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth23 August 1973
CityDes Moines, IA
bigger game pick plays tight west win
It was a tight game all around. (Arvada West was) the pick to win league, and we battled. We just made some bigger plays (Friday).
far realize terrible throw
It was a terrible play. I wanted to see what kind of throw they would make, but was too aggressive. I didn't realize I was that far off the bag.
aggressive approach baseball believe best box friend game good hard last solid swing tough
I just wanted to be aggressive and put a good swing on it. I just feel like I am more comfortable in the box and have a more solid approach than last year. Baseball is a tough game and you have to play with confidence. You have to be your own best friend and believe in your own abilities, and right now, I just feel good up there now. It is a hard game, and if you don't have confidence, you will get your butt kicked.
bad came deeper good pressure season start
I put a lot of pressure on myself to get off to a good start. I got off to a bad start and it snowballed on me, and I just got deeper and deeper into the hole. I was proud,, though, that I didn't go all the way into the tank. I came back to salvage the season a little bit.
fire level room stoop took
I don't know if I want to stoop to his level and fire back. I took it personally. There's no room for bashing other players.
bother city expect expected experience fans given good guys last nobody older situation win year
Expectations don't bother us, because we expect to win ourselves. Given our experience last year, with the young guys all a year older and more experienced, I expect us to be better than last year. It wouldn't be a good situation if nobody expected you to be able to win. But our fans and the city expect us to win, and so do we.
firing offense pitching produces tough
We started to play up to our capabilities and our expectations, and it started to come together, ... I just thought we'd be tough when we put our pitching and our offense together. When you have those pistons firing all together, it produces wins.
bat good offensive
When you're on a good offensive team, someone has to bat ninth,
behind move nice
I think it?s strict, I think it?s fair. Now it would be nice to put everything behind us and move on.
came confidence lately playing proud refuse team
I was proud of the way we came back. We could have just said, 'Well, this one's over.' But the way this team has been playing lately and the confidence we have, we refuse to give in.
adversity five help next overcame remember
We need to remember the adversity that we overcame this year. Hopefully, that will help us the next five games.
asking guys year
We just didn't have it. The end of the year came, we were asking guys for something, and we just didn't have it.
beat best capable comfort knowing maybe played team
Maybe it'll give us some comfort knowing we played with the best team, beat the best team and we're just as capable as they are.
cheering fans hear nice
That was nice. It's nice to hear fans cheering for us. That was cool.