Chip Hale Quotes (9 Quotes)

This is baseball. I don't think there is anyone in the clubhouse here or in the coaches' room that played as long as we played that didn't just have an off year.

He wasn't ready. He just came in (Saturday) night and he told me he didn't think he could keep going. He felt (his arm) was too weak. If we had more (designated hitter) days we could keep him.

I think that it's been a rough year for him, period. But at his age, and only playing half a season at Double-A (because of a shoulder injury in 2004), you really have to offensively believe that he will be a different hitter next year.

It depends on where your team is. If your major-league team is in the race and they're trying to win their division or the wild card, you should only bring up guys that can win. If your team is completely out of it, it's nice to give guys a look and see how they play, because they're there to play.

The minor leagues were constructed for the major leagues. That's why they're here. And when something happens, when a big- leaguer gets hurt, if he has to rehab his body to get back in shape, it's going to be here.

It took awhile in spring training to get used to it, but once you get used to it, it feels good.

Every team in this league has had situations where either their rehab guys helped them win or they've had to deal with some bad outings or bad at-bats. That's just the way it goes. That's just another excuse. For me, the only excuse why we (were not) winning was because we weren't playing well.

It's a good time for us. It's fun to see people getting excited about baseball season, but most of all it's about doing the right thing for our community.

Whatever we can do to let the community know we appreciated what they do for us, we're going to do the best we can. We want to do things the right way, whether it's out here or on the field.