It's the chicken/egg theory. Which one comes first? You've got to have one with the other. When you don't have either you tend to struggle. |
It's very simple for him right now from a thought-process standpoint. That job is a challenge. He's throwing strikes. He's commanding the ball and he's got dominating stuff. When you can command and have dominating stuff, you can do the things he's doing. |
Knowing that Joe has pitched as well as he has, I thought this was going to be a tight game, ... Then I gave up those two runs in about two minutes. I thought they might come out and be aggressive and they did. |
Knowing that Joe has pitched as well as he has, it had nothing to do with him facing us the first time. He's been throwing the ball great. It felt like it was going to be a tight game, and then I gave up two runs in about two minutes, before anybody's even sitting in their seats. ... I couldn't afford to make a mistake after that. |
Last year had something to do with it, getting kicked around as much as I did. You get tired of it. |
Last year had something to do with it. |
Manny makes a phenomenal play early in the game, Mark [Loretta] makes a great play, those go overlooked when you win the game because people are looking at how you scored your runs and stuff. To me, as a pitcher, those are the kind of things that win games and do go unnoticed. |
My splitter was better, ... I've got to throw it. I have to have it. I can't not use it. |
My wife is a rock in the best sense of the word. She is the true foundation of everything this family is and will be. |
No, it's September. It's time to win. We lost. |
Nobody's upset at him. I'm sure we'll get on him about it a little bit. We'll kid around about it. I can't wait to get one of the [Who's Your Daddy?] T-shirts in New York. But it doesn't last. With the Red Sox and Yankees, every story has a 24-hour shelf life and then you're on to something else. It's not that big a deal. |
None of it matters now. It?s over, I?m healthy, and I?m going to get the ball Monday for real. |
On a personal level, it's very frustrating, |
On a personal level, that's not the kind of situation I want to be in, having to relearn someone or have someone learn me at this point in my career. But this is one of those nothing-you-can-do-about-it situations. ... The priority is and the important part is Dave is OK. |
One thing Manny always does is put his time and effort into getting ready. I'm not worried about that. Once it's April 3 and he's healthy, we'll be fine. Manny's one of those guys who if he didn't show up for Spring Training, I'd still know he'd be ready for the season when the season started. |