Corey Koskie Quotes (13 Quotes)

For me to blame my season on injury, to me that's just an excuse. I still had 350 at-bats that I didn't do much with.

I accepted the Toronto offer because, for one thing, my dream was to play for Toronto, but also because I was told by J.P. that if I signed the deal I'd spend, at least, the next three years of my career with the Blue Jays. I listened to J.P. That's something I never should have done. I look back on it, I just should have taken the money.

I've got some stuff I needed to take care of here. They said it was OK for me not to go. I'll get my at-bats here, minus a couple of travel days.

It was a long time. It feels good to be back here.

This is a good group of young guys that's eager to play. When I was coming up with the (Minnesota) Twins, they called us a Triple-A team. But then we made the playoffs. That's the direction we're headed.

I'm disappointed that I got injured and I'm disappointed in the year I had. I'm not upset over the trade.

I think I played two innings (at first) in the Arizona Fall League, back when (Geoff) Jenkins was on my team. That's it. It's harder than people think. You want to do a good job at it.

Casey Blake (a former Minnesota Twin, now with the Indians) is a good friend of mine, I'd like to see the Indians win.

Even when I was a free agent last year, my agent approached Milwaukee. Milwaukee was one of the first places on my list.

It's the first time in my career that I've seen that. You're in your home stadium, you break up the visiting team's bid for a no-hitter and they're mad because the scorer gave it a hit and not an error. I don't understand that.

It's pretty special to be part of the first one. I hope it works out.

They said it's OK not for me to go over there. I'll be able to get my at-bats here without having to miss some days because of travel time.

It was really frustrating. Not so much that (the games) were so close. We started out (the trip) so good and it went downhill so fast.