Quotes by Joey Eischen

“Were not afraid to bleed. Were not afraid to get hit in the mouth.”

“Thats who we are. If our starters ever had a problem, they all know were all ready. Well all take the ball. Whether we feel good or not. . . . We want to pitch, we want to pick each other up. Its kind of like a little platoon down there.”

“Hes serious. Thats the way we all are.”

“Im not afraid to change uniforms, ... But Im a loyalty guy first. These are my teammates, and this is where Id like to stay.”

“We were better than the Marlins last year. We were supposed to battle them to the end, but we had no wind left in our sails because of our schedule. Twenty-two extra road games beats you down.”

“I finished the season with a fat body. I gained some of the weight partially because I couldnt work out and do different things after breaking [the radius in his right arm in April].”

“We should have an owner, period. Theres 10 people waiting in line to spend an absolute disgusting amount of money and to sit around and waver, theres no excuse.”

“The more its looking like Ive got some tendonitis. The more I am throwing the better I am feeling.”

“Thats baseball. The team that doesnt make mistakes wins the game.”

“The atmosphere was a little less [than last year]. We came into our Opening Day on kind of a losing streak. Everybody likes a winner.”