It still all starts with Ozzie. |
It's a two-way deal. If we're not pitching, the starters are doing well. But if they need a right-hander in relief, I want it to be me. |
It's been something that I've had against myself for a long time. Even growing up, I felt I had more talent than I was out there showing. I've always been tough on myself. I always felt that even if I did something good, I could still do it better. |
Just a fastball in the middle. It was down. I didn't expect him to hit it out, especially to left field. I thought for sure if I was going to get beat, I was going to get beat in, it was away. I'm still amazed that it went out, really. |
The whole team does that. When I have a bad one on the road and my hotel room phone is ringing, it's a teammate saying he wants to come up and borrow my shoelaces and belt. By no means has it ever been to that point, but they like to have fun a little bit. To be honest, I think that has made it easier for me to deal with. |
We all give him trouble about how big he is. But he's a lot bigger than anybody in this clubhouse. You got to watch what you say, you don't want to get him ticked off. |
We're the team to beat and we're supposed to be the better team than we were last year. It's tough because we know we're a lot better than this. |
We've all been telling a lot of jokes. I guess we'll all get half a (playoff) share and half a ring. We won't be in the team picture. |
We've been [hearing] it all year. We broke camp knowing no one picked us to do very well during the season. We came out of spring being third or fourth in the polls. We were the underdog all year even when we had a 15-game lead. Nobody really considers us contenders, so if we're underdogs during this whole thing, it would just be the same as it was during the year. |
When Toronto made me the closer, that was something I had to learn to do. The pressure was a factor. I didn't realize until after the fact that it was about winning the game and getting the save anyway you could. |
You just can't pinpoint one person's fault. We have to regroup. |