Darin Erstad
Darin Erstad
Darin Charles Erstadis an American former professional baseball player and the current head coach of the University of Nebraska Cornhuskers baseball team. Prior to 2007, he had played with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim franchisebefore signing with the Chicago White Sox in 2007. He batted and threw left-handed. He was a two-time MLB All-Star and a three-time Gold Glove Award winner...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth4 June 1974
eye honestly single
I can honestly look you in the eye and tell you we did not have a single pitch, not one pitch.
calm chance
I can go, but this is a chance to let it calm down.
pitchers playing
Only our pitchers have been playing well. We've been scratching and clawing for runs. We'll find a way to get it done any way we can, but we've been inconsistently offensively.
great job putting stepping year
Bart has done a great job this year stepping up and putting an end to a loss.
create
No, I don't want this to feel like 2002, ... I want to create new memories. This is a new team. We are doing it a new way.
finally fun happy score season spring training
We're happy that spring training is finally over. It's always fun to get the season under way and to keep score for real.
arm ready
It doesn't really matter. They told me to get ready so that is what I'll do. It's more about getting my arm back in shape.
palms spent sweat
It doesn't matter. It's where I've spent most of my time. My palms will sweat a little less.
best bone shock sticking
I still feel like a bone is sticking out of my arm. I'm still in shock -- that is the best way to look at it.
exercises holds hope love people stay throwing wear whatever work worry
People love throwing that out there: 'Is it going to wear on you more, wear on you less?' I don't know. Just play and whatever happens, happens, ... You know, you can't worry about that stuff. You do all your exercises and hope it holds up. I can't do any more work to make it stay healthy. If it goes, it goes.
looking
Sure, we know we can get it done, but we feel that way anyway. We have to keep looking forward.
figure happens matter rest
That's the way it is. You know that's the way it's going to be. It doesn't matter what happens the rest of the season; you figure it's going to come down to the end and that's the way it's going to be.
best clubhouse describe games hard meant mentality tail team
It is hard to describe what he meant to this team and this organization. As a teammate, he was the best -- No.1. Having him at the tail end of games and having his mentality in the clubhouse was everything.
exhaustion few five foggy four gone high intensity last mental tough
I was kind of foggy for the first four or five innings, then I really started to get into the game. It's not like I was out there spaced out. But we had gone through a lot of high intensity and mental exhaustion the last few games, and sometimes it can be tough to get it going.