Andy Slyke Quotes (11 Quotes)

I was leading off the inning, and the count was 2-0, so I was pretty sure he was going to throw a strike, ... I didn't think he wanted to walk me, so I was expecting one out over the plate.

I wouldn't put much merit in anything Barry says. His track history proves that. But I think, deep down, he wants the whole thing.

They saw what I can do, ... They know I can hit. The injury set me back a little bit, but I will have to just go to spring training and play the best I can play and just see what happens.

He hasn't changed his commitment to the fundamentals of the game. He hasn't changed his commitment to the integrity of the game. He hasn't changed his work ethic. He hasn't changed his demand that his players play the game right. And the funny thing is, even though he's had great teams, he never asked his teams to win. He just asked them to do those four things I just mentioned.

AJ should have just gone to first, stole second, stole third, scored and then flipped the guy off at home plate, ... You play the game to beat the other guy, not to beat him up.

I think it's a good staff, to be honest with you. You have two former managers on it -- and one guy who thinks he should have been a manager Slaught.

They said I will be in a sling for about four more weeks, at which time my shoulder will be structurally fine, ... I will then start rehab, and should be fully recovered in about two and a half months, well before the start of spring training.

You'll find out over the course of a period of time that you can't get to every ball, but I always thought that I could. You can't have any fear of dropping balls or missing balls.

My biggest problem in the big leagues is that I can't figure out how to spend forty-three dollars in meal money.

It was dislocated, but I didn't know it, ... My adrenaline was pumping, and I knew it hurt, but I had no idea it was hurt that bad.

I told him not to get down on himself when things aren't going well at the plate. Learning to separate offense from defense is the hard part of the learning curve.