Brandon Backe Game Quotations

I hate being taken out of the game from the mound. It's just a pet peeve of mine. I never want that to happen. I always want to be taken out while I'm in the dugout, but it was definitely time for me to come out.

Just like last year, pretty much every game we play right now from here on out is going to be pretty important. And they're definitely important against the teams we are facing right now. We've just got to take one game at a time and go from there.

This whole game I felt like I did pretty good,

It's just a shame that I had to work so hard to get through the innings and get my pitch count up so I couldn't stay in the game a little longer.

I try to pitch every game like it's a World Series game, ... I try not to give up any runs and, if I do, to give up less runs than we score.

I just want to go out there and give my team a good outing and keep us in the ball game as long as possible.

I don't know if he was telling me the truth or not, but he said he felt pretty good. He actually came up to me and told me I'm going to have a good game to set him up to have a good game on the fifth day.

I didn't know what to expect today. I was sore when I got up this morning, and I was really sore after the game last night. But it wasn't pain and that's the important thing.