Jason Lane Quotes (20 Quotes)

Talking to him in Spring Training, one of the first things he said was how much he enjoyed it here, whether he made the team or not. He was happy to be in this organization and liked how things were going, and he felt like he had a future here.

A lot of the games in the past, we kind of waited around for them to beat us. I think tonight we just hung in there and battled and then finished them off.

We're going to have to play them anyway if we're going to move on and face them in the playoffs. We need to be playing our best baseball at the end of the year anyway.

I was just trying to do too much. Stupid play. Bad mistake at a bad time.

It's really frustrating to have an opportunity like that with guys on, and you hit the ball on the screws and it's right at somebody, ... It's just the way the game goes.

They've battled back and won some key games with comebacks. They're a good team. They've got a good lineup. They're not going to go away. We just have to play better baseball over here.

It was a situation where Rocket had pitched great, and we needed some runs. It was getting late, and it's nice to come through to get that victory for us. We all want to come out here tomorrow and take care of business.

I feel like we can't keeping putting ourselves in a hole and make the comebacks that we have.

My swing feels good. Last night (Friday), I missed a home run by just a couple of feet. And the game before that, I hit a couple of balls hard. I don't feel I'm in a slump. I still feel every time I'm out there that I'm going to hit a home run.

We want to bring back that rich tradition here, ... Most of our kids have never played in a championship game in their lives, whether it's Pee Wee or Pop Warner or club ball. . . . It would mean a lot for us to win. I think the whole school would get something out of it.

They were making their run right with us. It was an exciting time for us and them, too.

It should never have happened. It was just a bad mistake at a bad time.

Lance got a big hit, and Lamb gets a big one, too, to give us a big lead,

It was a little cutter, middle-in, and I had been looking for it, ... He threw it to me last time we were over here and he hadn't thrown it yet. He threw it, and I was able to get the bat head out in front of it.

I thought there's no way we were going to be able to turn two.

If someone gets us going, we usually do all right, and if no one does by the sixth or seventh, we usually get shut out. The same thing happened (Tuesday) night. A couple of guys get it going, and you have a big hit.

I was trying to do too much. There were two outs, Williams was going from the windup and I was trying to put a little pressure on him. I got further off than I should have. It was a stupid play. It should have never happened, a bad mistake at a bad time.

It's the first time I've faced him, and it's just a rush to face a guy like that, ... I've seen him throw so many years and he throws so hard. It's just a challenge. It feels good anytime you have success on a guy like that.

We played real well today and hopefully we can stay hot and finish this thing off in front of the home fans. We have a huge advantage here with our home field and our home crowd. It's nice to get the first one and hopefully keep rolling tomorrow.

I want to be one of the guys the team can count on. I'm certainly capable of improving off last year.