Travis Hafner Quotes (28 Quotes)

I didn't know what he (Sizemore) was trying to do. I thought he had to go to the bathroom or something. I guess he didn't have any confidence in me (to bring him home).

The last few years, we've gotten off to some slow starts. This season, there's been much more of an emphasis on getting off to a good start, and we had a good approach towards that today. I don't think you can ask for a better home opener.

All we want to do is win. If we win, we make up ground in the wild card and the division. All I care about is getting to the playoffs any way possible.

This is the kind of game that can get you pretty high for tomorrow or else be tough to come back from.

All of the games right now are big, so I just hope we go out and score 10 runs off him.

But it's like when you're 0-for-10 against a pitcher. This is a new chance. I think we're a different team now. We're a lot more confident, and I can tell the guys have a winning attitude.

I don't know what happened. I thought we were good to go. I thought we'd be in the playoffs. I thought we could win the division.

It's no big deal. I haven't even thought about it.

It was frustrating. I kept waiting for the next day to feel better. After about 10 days, and I wasn't getting better, I started to get concerned. I finally got to the point where I knew it was going to take some time.

It's tough to tell with baseball. We've been playing pretty well and hopefully we can continue to win games. Hopefully, that series at the end of the year means something, it would be pretty exciting.

has that shtick about being a dumb country boy, but he's mentally tough and intelligent.

It was important for us to get some runs early and put last night (a 1-0 Tribe loss Wednesday) behind us, ... And the way C.C. has been pitching, if we get him some runs, we knew we'd be OK.

I really didn't feel like I was able to get any good swings off Garland all night, just had trouble getting anything timed. I was just able to get a pitch and stay inside of it.

He's been pretty impressive to watch.

I think we were the best team in baseball the second half of last season. With the young guys getting a lot of experience last year, we really improved.

He has been pretty impressive to watch the last couple of months.

We aren't the same team we were in April. Last year, guys just hit the wall. Now, I think we understand how important each day is.

He has really good hand-eye coordination. There's no type of pitcher that really gives him trouble. And he always seems to put the ball in play.

Coming into this last week, I thought we had it nailed down, especially with the way we were playing,

We had played lights out in the month of September, but I don't know what happened last week. Coming into this last week I thought we had it nailed down, especially how we were playing.

I didn't know what he was doing. I thought maybe he had to run to the bathroom or something, ... If I had swung and hit Grady in the face I would have had every woman in America mad at me.

Had the ball cleared the fence, it would have given the Indians a 5-4 lead. I thought it had a chance, ... I was kind of hoping it would get out. It just needed a couple feet.

Even after losing two of three to Tampa, I still thought we were in great position.

I just made a little mechanical adjustment. I'm getting ready for the pitch a little earlier. That way, I see the ball better. It's something I do all the time, but if I don't, I rush my swing.

Baseball is weird. Sometimes you can't explain things,

It's the part of baseball that (stinks). You can form some great friendships with teammates, and in an instant, they're gone.

The best part of it probably was when he got up and he had dirt on his face and didn't wipe it off. It made him look tough.

I don't know if they really knew me, but the guy who was taking us around, said, 'This guy plays baseball for Cleveland. They thought that was pretty cool.