(Francoeur is) unbelievable. I forgot the kind of pop he has. When he first hit it, I thought it was going to be caught. It was 20 feet over the fence. |
As soon as he didn't break, it didn't cross my mind until after the fact that the pitcher was on first and even though I had to get up, I might have had a shot at getting him at second. If you get a late break on Rollins, nine times out of 10, he's going to beat you to the bag. |
Hats off to him. I think one of the hardest things to do in the game is to keep a hitting streak. I don't think as long as I'm alive we'll ever see anybody get close to 56, but if anybody is going to do it, Jimmy's a great guy. |
He can do it all. He doesn't just hit home runs. He drives in a lot of runs and he saves a lot of runs in the outfield. He's got to be one of the top-five all-around players in the league. |
He froze a few hitters out there. I was impressed. |
He's huge. I wonder if they've tested him yet. |
Howard has been a huge pickup for them. Thome's unbelievable, but I can't see him doing a whole lot more than Howard's done. Howard's the key to that team. |
I don't know exactly what it is. But any time you've got a guy, as dominating as he can be when he's on, getting hit around, you know something is different. |
I don't think they'll all be like this. If they are, I'll have a head full of grey hair by the end of the year. |
I don't think we'd have survived the season without having a shortstop that can produce. He's proven he can do that for a long time. |
I had stomach flu and just came out in kind of a down game for me to begin with, ... Then hitting the grand slam, putting some runs on the board, it was a pretty good feeling. ... I thought a 6-1 lead was going to be enough for us. |
I kind of wanted to look at him with, 'What are you talking about? I did nothing today.' But that's the way he is. He knows you had a rough game. He's never going to tell you about it. He's going to tell you about something good you did. |
I know. I'm the last man standing. |
I think as a young guy on another team, there could be a selfish side to it, |
I think I was 0-for-4 with three strikeouts, |