Some people will say it doesn't matter, but I think it was a pretty important win just because of losing those four in the playoffs and going 0-6 here this year, ... We need to mentally know that we can come here and beat these guys. I think we do know that. We just have to come out and do it. The fact that we did it tonight will help us mentally. |
Thank goodness I got another chance, ... Obviously, I wanted to redeem myself. |
That night, I was frustrated by it, ... I thought about it for a little bit. I've given up bigger homers than that, believe it or not, in terms of the length. It's one of those things. You get over it. If you don't get over it, you're not going to pitch in baseball very long. |
That was, I don't know, how many days now, ... It was really completely different circumstances, different pitch, whatever else you want to say. |
That's an honor, to be mentioned in the same sentence as him. He's one of those guy who I look to as the best ever at what he does, |
That's baseball. But we are going to be all right. This team is resilient. |
That's part of the season, though, and every so often that will come up, and when it does you do the best you can to find your way into a game and pitch well. |
The adrenaline was there pitching at home and having the crowd behind you. Everybody in the bullpen did such a fantastic job. That's the most important thing, I think, about this game. |
The first pitch was a slider. I tried to repeat the same pitch and I left it up in the zone. |
the pitches were too far inside. That was a big mistake to walk Edmonds. |
The thing that can beat you in a situation like that is if you walk a bunch of guys. That's the last thing I wanted to do. Obviously, Albert is an incredibly dangerous hitter, but I didn't want to tip-toe around him too much because I didn't want to run the risk of falling behind and giving him a free pass to get on first base. |
The traffic jams are so bad, ... This hurricane is on the forefront of our minds, for sure. |
Their lineup is still dangerous, ... They've got a variety of guys that can beat you with the long ball. (Shortstop) David Eckstein is a big change because he's an incredibly tough out. |
There's a lot of guys in the bullpen that can get it done, but Roy would have gotten himself out of the jam, too. I knew when I was warming up that in this situation I needed to have my best stuff. |
There's nobody better than Roy right now in the big leagues. Just in terms of what he can do and how he pitches. I shouldn't say there's nobody better because Andy Pettitte is about as good it gets, too. Both of those guys really, when you think about it you're so comfortable with them as your 1-2. How can it get better? It gives you an unbelievable sense of confidence. |