Eric Chavez Quotes


You can go back in the year and look at the seventh, eighth and ninth inning; we played well enough to win. We should have won those ballgames. ... Hopefully (the poor performance of the relievers) will be addressed this offseason. - Eric Chavez



You appreciate [having chemistry] more when things aren't going so good. If you don't have it, things could get ugly, but that's never happened here no matter how bad we've played. - Eric Chavez



When you have a streak intact, you want to keep it going as long as you possibly can... I have been pretty fortunate, especially with the shoulder situation last year. The past four or five years, I've felt pretty lucky. I don't really expect anything. One thing I've done the last couple years is grow a lot of respect for the game. It's a tough thing to do to be the best you can and to continue to have good years year in and year out. - Eric Chavez



When you face top-notch pitching and they shut you down that's one thing, but we haven't run into that since Minnesota (Aug. 12-14). - Eric Chavez