I'm making pitches when I need to make pitches and I'm not putting myself behind the eight-ball. It's all about keeping your team in the game. If we get nine, I can give up eight. As long as your team's in the game, I've done my job.
Quotes about eight-ball (5 Quotes)
It's big. You get off and you're not behind the eight-ball. The last two years, we've been putting ourselves behind the eight-ball. We've been closing strong, but it was just a too-little, too-late type of thing. You only have a certain amount of games to make your statement, and you can't wait until halfway through the season to do it.
They didn't give us much, not many opportunities. They played really well and we probably fought the conditions just a little bit. It was a little frosty out there tonight and we were kind of unsure of the ice. It's hard to come back when they're playing that well. We were always behind the eight-ball, it seemed.
I'm disappointed for the guys, not in them. We didn't play the way we're capable of early, and that put us behind the eight-ball. It wasn't from lack of effort. We've been hot maybe we were due for a game where we were a little bit off.
We thought the first two calls were weak. That put us behind the eight-ball. There was a parade to the box tonight and I don't know what a call is anymore.