Brad Lidge Quotes (64 Quotes)

Obviously, I wanted to get back in there, ... I was happy to get the opportunity to get in the game tonight. Anyone would want to get back in as fast as they can after a bad game.

A lot of people thought that was the end of the series. I don't feel a weight lifted. I never had a doubt that this team would be here.

Obviously, that was a tough inning for me. My control wasn't there.

It didn't matter as much to me, ... I would have enjoyed pitching in that game but I had pitched in four of the past five games.

Everybody could use Billy Wagner, ... There's not one team that could not use a guy like Billy Wagner. He's the best there is in baseball. He dominates guys. He played in a hitter-friendly park and had an unbelievable year. I don't know who's going to be lucky enough to get him, but everybody needs him.

First of all, he throws a hundred ... Secondly, he's learned to spot his fastball. He's got a good slider, too, but in the last couple years, he's learned to paint the corners with his 100-mile-an-hour fastball. If you're doing that, guys don't have a chance. I know it's hard to control your fastball sometimes, but he's found a way to have consistent mechanics to be able to paint the corners with his fastball. That's why he's dominating so much right now.

(Catcher) Brad (Ausmus) did a great job of timing that one. He was set up for a high fastball to make it look like I was going to throw a high fastball, so maybe the runner was looking at Brad instead of me.

He gave me a call after those outings didn't go well, ... He talks to me on occasion when things aren't going great. He says 'don't change anything you know you're the best.' He is the best. I really have so much respect for him. He's one guy who never changes. He goes in every time and gives it everything he has.

This is going to be a great opportunity and I can't wait to pitch, ... I don't know if I've given up a bigger homer. I know I've given up a longer homer. But this job has a lot to do with turning the page.

We had some chances. It was a tough night to be a bullpen guy, for either team, ... It just happened that I was the last one out there.

I'm not really using either of them a lot, just occasionally against certain hitters, and I don't use them as my main pitches for outs. But I feel good enough about them to use them in games. Now it's just a matter of getting more and more confidence in them.

I didn't realize how intense the games were going to be. To be honest, it felt like a playoff atmosphere out there.

In the past, guys might be wailing away expecting a fastball, but now that they know I throw so many sliders, it's different, ... This is a game where you have to make continual adjustments and get better all the time. Otherwise, you're going to be struggling.

I wasn't too into rivalries, ... I was just happy to watch the Cubs.

Because of that, we know that even when we drop two games on the road, we're capable of coming in here and winning three straight. We have a ton of confidence here. It's a stadium where we have a true home-field advantage.

My fastball has always been straight my whole career, ... I wish I had movement on a night like this.

Some people will say it doesn't matter, but I think it was a pretty important win just because of losing those four in the playoffs and going 0-6 here this year, ... We need to mentally know that we can come here and beat these guys. I think we do know that. We just have to come out and do it. The fact that we did it tonight will help us mentally.

I'll be frustrated for the rest of the night, but when I get up I'll be ready to go again. You take blown saves here and there and when you do you come back stronger. ... That's part of the job.

I think that's going to help the location of my pitches. At the end of the season, is it going to make my numbers better I don't know, but I feel more comfortable doing it.

This is a bump in the road, but there's no way this is going to get anybody down, ... This will sting a lot tonight, but when I wake up tomorrow I'll be ready to go

I just can't wait to get back, ... I'm going to be so pumped up to get out there in the World Series. It's going to be amazing.

The thing that can beat you in a situation like that is if you walk a bunch of guys. That's the last thing I wanted to do. Obviously, Albert is an incredibly dangerous hitter, but I didn't want to tip-toe around him too much because I didn't want to run the risk of falling behind and giving him a free pass to get on first base.

One of the things you have to do to be a successful closer is bounce back, ... So far, in the year and a half I've pitched, I feel I've been able to do a good job of that.

It's nice to put it to bed, move on and get to go to the World Series, ... People looked at that like it was the end, but we never had a doubt that we were going to win this thing.

That's an honor, to be mentioned in the same sentence as him. He's one of those guy who I look to as the best ever at what he does,

If I was more concerned, it would be a bad problem. Tonight, I'll be upset with myself. Tomorrow, I'll come back out and feel the same as I would if I had eight (saves) in a row.

I think the circumstances today, with a one-run game like that to end it like that, was really emotional for us,

I turned on CNN and it was on CNN, ... It's been hard to get away from. But now I'm getting the chance to pitch in a World Series, so I don't even care about what happened.

the pitches were too far inside. That was a big mistake to walk Edmonds.

It doesn't bother me. Put it this way. If we went out there in a different order, we might get confused and run out backward. This is probably a good idea.

I think this is huge. To get a win today was really necessary. Everyone knows we play well at home. This should be a big lift for us.

I'm definitely enjoying the days off, ... For me, it's nice to have some recovery time.

That's baseball. But we are going to be all right. This team is resilient.

When I got to the big leagues, I had been a starter my entire career, ... I had never pitched out of the bullpen. I feel really fortunate and blessed that I had him to learn from. He taught me everything I know to do for a routine, how he physically and mentally prepared for a game, the way he warmed up. I didn't have any idea what to do.

I'm not sure right now if the fans and public know how exciting it's going to be -- at least here in the U.S.. I know in a lot of other countries, people back home are getting extremely excited about this. It's going to be an amazing event. When you've got all the premier players in the game playing, there's really nothing better.

He hit a slider up in the zone. I knew it was gone. I wish I had the pitch back was the immediate feeling. It's tough. This will sting. I'm a closer. Tomorrow, I'll have to put it behind me. I've blown saves before.

Everybody thought we were done, that we wouldn't recover. The only people who believed were the guys in this locker room. This is a very resilient team. I knew we could come back and win.

These guys have an unbelievable lineup, and basically every time I go out there, maybe because every hitter is so dangerous, it makes me have to focus that much more, ... I don't think I focus more on one team than the other, but for some reason lineups can bring out the best in people, and this is one of the teams that forces you to do that.

I think they're professionals and they're going up there and looking for something and trying to hit it. I don't think they're thinking too much about the history of us, but if they are and it can work to my advantage, that's great.

It really is (important). We really needed these game. To take two is a real momentum builder for us. Everybody's taking care of their business.

It gave me chills to watch Baggy do that.

The adrenaline was there pitching at home and having the crowd behind you. Everybody in the bullpen did such a fantastic job. That's the most important thing, I think, about this game.

I definitely needed to pitch last night and I need to be as sharp as possible, but the bottom line is we need to win games right now. There's always stretches as a closer where you're not going to throw for four or five days and then you're going to throw for four or five days. That's the way it is. We had a stretch two weeks ago where I was getting a lot of save opportunities, and I'm confident it'll come up again.

Their lineup is still dangerous, ... They've got a variety of guys that can beat you with the long ball. (Shortstop) David Eckstein is a big change because he's an incredibly tough out.

I'm as confident as I'll ever be. As long as I'm not hurt, I know I can get guys out. That's not a big deal.

They did a good job hitting mistakes. Obviously, it's a big disappointment. I felt good, but I couldn't get on top of my slider. I don't know if it was my mechanics or not. There's no excuse. I just made bad pitches.

Roy threw great tonight. We needed him to win the game. After (Wednesday) night, we felt great to split now.

I think everybody on our team can smell it. We know how close we are, but at the same time, we know we've got to finish really strong. We have to win two games. I know we can do it, everybody knows we can do it.

It's important not just to have someone like him, but him. First of all, you have total confidence in the game he's calling. You know he's as studied as anybody there is. You don't have to worry about thinking something different. Whatever sign he puts down, you know he knows the hitter.

It was one of those deals where you had no room for error, ... They had tremendous power hitters and guys that could take you deep. That being said, you have to locate and be able to keep all our stuff down. I just enjoyed competing in that game tremendously. It was a great feeling for me.