Casey Blake
Casey Blake
William Casey Blakeis a former Major League Baseball third baseman...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth23 August 1973
CityDes Moines, IA
afford expect hard looking start win
It's hard not to look at the standings, but you know what's going on, ... We expect to win every game, but we can't afford to start looking at other teams.
expected hard last needed win
We expected to win today. We expected to win the whole last week. When we really needed the runs, they were hard to come by.
everybody job playing position wants win worst
Apparently, we've got to do something different. Everybody is playing hard. Everybody wants to win in the worst way. It's frustrating when you're in the position we were in and you don't get the job done.
expect night win
This is how we expect to play. We expect to win every night.
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.
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.
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).
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.
anxiety consistent playoffs sit winning worry
I don't think, as players, we can sit here and worry about that drought. You just have to keep getting better and more consistent every day and not worry. Obviously, making the playoffs and winning the world championship is everyone's goal. But you can't play with that anxiety of not winning it for a while.
ball goes hit trying
I'm just trying to hit the ball hard, ... Sometimes it goes out.
guy locked momentum scoring
Not scoring in an inning like that can sometimes be a big momentum swinger. But when a guy is locked in like Scotty (Elarton) was, it doesn't matter.
chance factor good pitches playoff time year
I'm getting good pitches to hit, ... It's been a down year for me, but there is still time in the season. I feel like I still have a chance to be a factor in the playoff race.
It was pretty dicey. If it had been colder, it would have been pretty miserable.
begin doubt far fortunate fret good guys impatient position realize season seems start
It's very psychological when you begin the season. It seems like guys are too impatient and don't realize how long the season is. You fret when you don't have to. You start to doubt yourself. I've been in that position one too many times. But so far I've been fortunate enough to have good at-bats.