Chris Reitsma Quotes (20 Quotes)

I blew it today. That's the life of a closer. I'm ready to go tomorrow.

Every day's a battle. There's a lot of mental games going on as far as confidence.

We just need to stay in there, piece together a few victories here and get back to .500. If we can just withstand all these injuries we've had and get through all these long trips, we're going to get healthy at the right time.

I'm not going to make excuses, if that's what you're looking for, ... But it's been there. I've got to make better pitches. That's the bottom line, whether your leg is hurting or not.

I just wasn't good tonight. I didn't have any command of my change-up and breaking ball. It kind of snowballed on me.

He was great, ... I think all of us knew he was going to be fine. He's got ice water running through his veins. It's unfortunate that we weren't able to help.

I barely know the way to my house.

I'm pleasantly surprised with the way I felt today. A big weight has been lifted off my mind.

I'd love to take a couple of days off. It would be nice if we can get it clinched before we go to Florida. That would be ideal to take two or three days off.

I was trying to get it down a little bit. I just let it out there. What can you say-- it was a bad pitch. It seems like every time I give up a home run it's a big one.

I've got to make better pitches, whether my leg hurts or not. This time of year, 90 percent of guys are feeling some injury.

Our goal is to win every series. It was a crazy one today. I'm glad we got this one.

The young kids we brought up are pretty special. They're great kids. They work hard, and they're great athletes.

It needed to happen sooner or later, and it was important for us to win three in a row now and take it on the road. It seems like we've been on the road all year, but we have to play better on the road.

Rem has so much knowledge, I think he's going to help this team in a lot of ways.

It was a crazy one today. I'm just glad we came out on top.

That's baseball, ... It's not always fun. It's a game of inches and it didn't go my way tonight.

Second and third with nobody out and a three-run lead, you want to trade some outs for some runs there. I was able to get three ground balls and get out of it and secure the win. It doesn't look pretty in the box score, but I think I did my job.

I'm ready to go. Last year I had a couple of bumps and bruises along the way but those winter months were good to me. No matter who you are, if you play in that many games, you're going to have some things that aren't physically right with you and I'm not bionic.

It feels better now. Hopefully by tomorrow I'll be able to get out there again.