Excuses entered on behalf of Eric Gagne after giving up three earned runs and earning a blown save in his Milwaukee Brewers debut

April 1, 2008
  • Things like that happen. -Ned Yost
  • He just got that fastball up, but he was fine. -Jason Kendall
  • Gagne was bothered by the muddiness of the mound. -Anthony Witrado
  • It looked like he couldn’t get his footing. -Billy Castro
  • Anybody can have a bad game. -Billy Castro
  • He was able to come back and at least hold them to those three runs. -Prince Fielder
  • Gagne was swatting at his face throughout the inning … to keep his goggles from fogging up. -Billy Castro

Boy, bad luck. But lots of people sticking up for the guy, who left the clubhouse without speaking to reporters.