Casey Blake Win Quotations

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.

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.

This is how we expect to play. We expect to win every night.

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.

It was a weird set of circumstances. We expected to win today, we expected to win the whole last week.

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).

Maybe it'll give us some comfort knowing we played with the best team, beat the best team and we're just as capable as they are.

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.

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.

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.

I just wanted to be aggressive and put a good swing on it. I just feel like I am more comfortable in the box and have a more solid approach than last year. Baseball is a tough game and you have to play with confidence. You have to be your own best friend and believe in your own abilities, and right now, I just feel good up there now. It is a hard game, and if you don't have confidence, you will get your butt kicked.