Brad Radke Quotes (17 Quotes)

It's working better, as I had a strikeout on it today and a couple of other strikes. The secret weapon is coming.

You just don't want to get too far behind in the standings in April and May. They've had a pretty good start. They've been playing some pretty good baseball.

Yeah, but I stunk today. I wanted to go back out for the third, but Gardenhire didn't want me to, so whatever. The team battled back. The bullpen did an outstanding job. Joe Mays came in and did an outstanding job. We didn't quit.

It seemed like he really wanted to learn and he learned fast. I don't know what Andy was telling him, but whatever it was it sunk in real fast.

I don't think the season really begins for about two weeks. We were just getting in off the road, and that's hard enough. It takes time to get settled in at home and get comfortable.

I thought we were going down.

Not calling it anything yet. I've got to make sure it works first.

It was almost a repeat of the first two starts, except for a couple of runs late. I just need to bear down and do a better job next time.

Our offense is much improved. We had a few guys who had down years last year. They'll help out more.

I thought I threw a good pitch, and he hit it hard.

It's not happening, it's just not happening. It seems like every time I make a mistake over the plate, it gets hit pretty hard. I just need to do a little better job of locating the ball. That's all.

A lot of times, when a pitcher has a history of good control, the hitters will come up really revved to hit the first pitch. Sometimes that works out for them and sometimes it doesn't. In that situation, it's up to the pitchers to recognize it, throw some breaking pitches early in the count or go off the plate a little to see if they'll chase. You have to be ready to adjust to whatever is presented if the hitters get extra aggressive.

This organization really stresses not walking guys. I think that as a staff, we've sort of been able to feed off each other in that regard. You learn. I know that when I walk guys, most of the time they are going to score.

They keep everyone loose. That was something I thought about when I signed back here.

I think these two teams have a lot in common. We can look out and say, 'Look what the A's can do with a small payroll' and we're in the same boat.

I made a couple mistakes and they beat me today. I felt pretty good out there. I just made a couple mistakes.

I feel pretty good. By the time April rolls around I should be ready to go.