Darin Erstad
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"Darin Charles Erstad" is an American former professional baseball player and the current head coach of the University of Nebraska Cornhuskers Nebraska Cornhuskers baseball/baseball team. Prior to , he had played with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim franchise (-) before signing with the Chicago White Sox in 2007. He batted and threw left-handed. He was a two-time MLB Major League Baseball All-Star Game/All-Star- and a three-time Rawlings Gold Glove Award/Gold Glove Award winner.

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That's the way it is. You know that's the way it's going to be. It doesn't matter what happens the rest of the season; you figure it's going to come down to the end and that's the way it's going to be.

It's all for the same thing, ... Kids playing baseball.

At this time of year, runs are harder and harder to come by. Given that we haven't been getting hit after hit on a consistent basis, our offensive execution is going to be key.

We've got a resilient group of guys. We're going to keep fighting. That was a tough one (Thursday), but we've turned the page and moved on.

That's what we do. We have two guys who can juice the ball, but for the most part we just put the ball in play and make things happen. We're at our best when we're doing that.

He bears down in the tough situations, and we haven't been able to get to him. Lackey pitched great — he's been pitching great all year — and we didn't do anything all night. It's frustrating.

I don't care who it is, I don't like to see that ever. Because it means we're walking off the field and we lost.

I can go, but this is a chance to let it calm down.

Scioscia has a real good feel for when things need to be done. He's had success making adjustments. Hopefully, this will work out as well.