I love the momentum we are building. I know we are more comfortable than we were in April and I know we will be more comfortable next April than we are this September. |
I never like to lose a ball game, but the degree of care in spring training isn't the same. You never want to be at the bottom at any point in time. |
I played and I went to the playoffs three of the first four years, and I thought it was just part of the package. And I haven't been back since. |
I played in the playoffs in three of my first four big-league seasons, ... but I haven't been to one since. I relish that opportunity. It doesn't come easy. You are not lucky when you get to that level. |
I really believe there are reasons you see so many people that have limited celebrity, or a lot of celebrity, have these special-needs children come into their lives, ... I do believe that it's part of God's perfect plan to get the message out. |
I really didn't understand while I was reading it, but it told a story of a man who saw a butterfly trying to come out of a cocoon, and he picked it up and cut the cocoon away from the butterfly, thinking he was going to help free it, |
I saw a guy throwing hard but without a lot of command. It was hard to watch. We got to get him tightened up. He threw a lot of pitches. |
I still envision that duck swimming on the pond, |
I talked to Todd (on Sunday) night after the game and left another message for him (Monday) morning. He told me he might not make it on this road trip and laughed. |
I think by far and away he was way ahead of the pack at the time he went down. But the numbers he has now, they still spell out pretty good in the big scheme of things if you want to dissect numbers and break them down. Everybody else had an opportunity of three months to really put some distance between themselves and him and elevate themselves, but it didn't happen. |
I think he's capable of throwing . . . 60-65 pitches. So if he can do that, he won't be behind by any means. |
I think he's dealing with it quite professionally. I know he's had enough hearing, 'Keep battling.' I told him how to fix that is to go out and battle and do well. |
I think his back got better but also his approach got better. He went into the season with a lot of different challenges. No. 1, he got called out for maybe possible steroid use, which was a big bunch of horse manure thrown out there. |
I think in a perfect world, we bit off a little more than you want to chew, but we were able to pull it off. |
I think initially we need for him just to go out there and get outs, then we'll find a job a for him. |