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
great playing step tradition
We know how great they are and the great tradition and all that stuff. But when we step on that field, we're playing our game.
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.
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.
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.
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.
base good guys team
We don't put that on one guy. We're a team here and we'll do it all together. We'll try to have good at-bats, try to get guys on base, and when we get guys on base that's when we can do our stuff.
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.
felt played sure time winning
It's his first time in the playoffs. I'm not sure he's even played on a winning team. I know how it felt for me the first time.