San Diego is a military town, and this is our small way of showing our appreciation to our armed forces. Honestly, doing this is an honor. |
Sanders killed us. He had a big series. |
Scouts say he was the best second baseman in the [Pacific Coast League]. |
Sometimes it's better off not executing, I guess. Johnson, I mean, he crushed that ball. That's huge at that point. It gave us a comfortable lead, because we were trying to let them back in. |
Sometimes the ball doesn't bounce your way. The infield hits (four versus Estes), there's not much you can do about that. |
Sometimes you wonder why the only luck we have is bad luck, ... But you move on. |
Sometimes you're better off missing a sign. You hit a triple and get another run in. |
Swagger goes hand in hand with playing well. We have a lot of experience here. We're not looking for these guys to bounce back and have MVP years, but to be productive and have a year close to the previous year. |
Sweeney has thrown well all spring. He throws strikes, he changes speeds, and he has an idea how to pitch. He most definitely is in the mix for one of the bullpen jobs. |
Tell me on the 13th [of September] we would have a five-game lead ... I'd take it. |
That pitch kept the rally going. |
That puts a little pressure on you, knowing you probably need a good spring to stay here. He handled it very well. He didn't back off. He was aggressive from the get-go and stayed that way. It was something similar to Khalil Greene. |
That shows you what a fine line it is between winning and losing. |
That was an efficient, well-played ballgame on our part. We needed that after the [12-2] beating they put on us [Friday night]. |
That was an impressive at-bat. He fouled one off his knee and he battled, then he got one he could handle. |