It's tough to ... stand up there and try to be patient [when] you get behind against a guy with that kind of stuff. The history of guys like that is they [have] games where they figure it all out. |
It's very comforting to look in today's starters and see his name. |
Lot of times we get a lot of jokes, I live with a bunch of fruitcakes. But it's something we're proud of. It's an industry that we're proud of. |
Mike can come down here and get things done. |
Nobody wants to go home. We think the focus, and the energy of the crowd, doesn't make the travel issue an issue. |
Offensively, you can argue there are some teams out there that are a little bit more well-balanced than us, especially with the power. |
Oh, man. This is tremendous. We worked hard the last few years to bring it all together, and we finally got it done. |
Randy threw well tonight. We got some things going off of Johnson and when we did, we got some runs out of it. I hit a fastball in, and all I wanted to do was keep it fair and hit it hard. |
That 2002 team, we played perfect baseball for a long time at the end, and it took that to win. This team, we have a couple superstars. Now we have a handful of guys at the top of our league in what they do. |
The bullpen ... everyone on our staff ... we have so much confidence in them. We feel good about whoever is on the hill. |
The last game [Monday night against the Yankees, in Game 5 of the AL Division Series], that was probably, including the World Series and everything, the most [the crowd] had got into it and it helped us through. I can't imagine it's going to change the rest of the way. |
The rest of us would have to remember to hit because we might get caught up in watching the show. There'd be an awful lot of guys on base, that's for sure. The guy hitting behind those two would have 300 RBI opportunities in one season. |
There is no doubt about it. It is a big situation, a big game, a fun game. It is fun to play defense like that and make big plays for your pitcher. |
There'd be an awful lot of guys on base, that's for sure. The guy hitting behind those two would have 300 RBI opportunities in one season. |
They all had it going. They put on a display. They really put on a display. |