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
fights-and-fighting group moved page resilient tough turned
We've got a resilient group of guys. We're going to keep fighting. That was a tough one (Thursday), but we've turned the page and moved on.
hate thinking games
Any game could be my last, and any at bat could be my last. I'd hate to think it ended without me giving my best effort.
boys league people
Since I got to the big leagues, there's been a whole lot of Direct-TV sold in Jamestown. People like to keep up with the local boy.
thinking becoming losing
I don't think there's any danger of my ever becoming complacent about losing. I always hated to lose, regardless of what it was, even when the family was playing Yahtzee.
sports sorry growing-up
I feel kind of sorry for those kids who just play one sport growing up.
baseball games play
During the season I really don't do anything else but play baseball. I've never wanted to get away from baseball for a break. Why would I want to get away from it? I love the game. I always have. There's nothing else I'd rather do.
baseball dad hands
When he hit it, I knew that it was my ball. But I had to catch it and it seemed like the hardest catch of my life. I said to myself, 'Two hands, just like your dad taught you.'
against baseball dangerous fun good playing row team till tough
Those are fun games. We keep playing till the end. They're a dangerous team, and they're a tough team to keep down. It's pretty much Murderer's Row when you're going against them. Fortunately, we've got good pitching.
few
This stinks, and it hurts, ... It's going to take a few days.
last three took
We're not going to concede one thing. They took it to us the last three games, but it doesn't matter. When it's over, it's over, but we're going down fighting.
against balls hits square
We didn't square many balls up against him. We never got anything going. He hits his spots. He's very effective.
good surprised win
They made their pitches, ... They're a very good team. I'll be surprised if they don't win it all.
balls best boils gives hits hole putting willing
They don't say that at all. They say the opposite. They say things like 'Those balls in the hole aren't hits any more,' ... It's just people's perspective. What it boils down to is what's best for our team. And with the acquisitions we made this year, putting me on first gives us the best team. And I've said it all along: whatever's best for the team, I'm willing to do whatever.
fights-and-fighting grind pitching
They're pitching well, that's for sure. We're just going to keep fighting. That's what we do. We grind it out.