Initially we just wanted him to be able to get healthy. And now for him to come back and be able to pitch, that's a plus. |
Initially we stuck him in there because we had run out of options. He is a big kid who has some power and we thought maybe we can find a guy to pick up some run support when they didn't want to pitch to Helton. Obviously he took that opportunity and ran with it. He is a legitimate fourth bat in the lineup. He is not just hitting behind Helton any more. |
It got us going in the right direction. |
It is something we have dealt with since Day 1. You can't recreate that environment. It's just the ability to go out there and slow the inning down as much as you can. |
It makes sense to go ahead and get (Kim and Day) into the mix. |
It reminded me of the days when Maddox used to play center field in Philadelphia, ... They'd say, 'Three-quarters of the world is covered by water, and the other third is covered by Garry Maddox.' |
It shows that if you don't make quality pitches you are going to be hurt at this level. After that one-out error, he never really recovered. |
It was a mixed bag. It was good enough. We saw what we wanted to see in terms of length, velocity, rhythm and tempo -- so it was another step forward. |
It was a nice challenge for him to be able to respond to that. We aren't in the same situation that some other teams are in. We can challenge some guys and see how they respond. That's why we ran him back out (in the fifth). |
It was a situation where I think we'd try to make a statement inside, hard. I think the statement was made inside, hard. It's unfortunate he got hit. It's unfortunate Danny got splattered last night. Sometimes unfortunate things happen. We won't be intimidated by anybody. |
It was kind of an oxymoron, me passing him in my Mitsubishi Montero. That used to tickle me. |
It was kind of brought to my attention that maybe (Holliday) didn't. We'll talk about it. |
It wasn't a hot topic after the first half. But it's a good feeling to come back and play the way we have against them this season. I think they would acknowledge that now when we have the lead, we're the ones putting them away. That wasn't the case in the past. |
It wasn't a matter of going down for two weeks and coming back. |
It wasn't just a case of Todd not getting pitches to hit, that is way too simplistic. That was part of it. Sometimes, of course, they're going to choose not to pitch to him. He had pitches to hit. He just didn't hit them. He'll be the first one to tell you that. |