Quotes by Brad Radke

“Hopefully this will kind of get us going a little bit.”

“They keep everyone loose. That was something I thought about when I signed back here.”

“We need to win a lot of games. Its good to win, especially in extra innings with this heat.”

“When you turn 90, youve done something right. Hopefully I can even come close to that.”

“Its to the point where ... it just drives you crazy,”

“Yeah, but I stunk today. I wanted to go back out for the third, but [Gardenhire] didnt want me to, so whatever. The team battled back. The bullpen did an outstanding job. Joe [Mays] came in and did an outstanding job. We didnt quit.”

“I made some good pitches there, and our bats did the rest,”

“The first inning was pretty important. Maybe that got us going a bit. It was nice to see the guys put up some crooked numbers.”

“The expectations for this team and this pitching staff coming into this season were big, ... and [the starters] got caught up in them and put too much pressure on ourselves.”

“I think these two teams have a lot in common. We can look out and say, Look what the As can do with a small payroll and were in the same boat.”