The bottom line is that the ball should not have hit him. You've got to be able to get out of the way of that pitch. I threw a ball in and jammed him the pitch before. I threw in a couple of times during his first at-bat. That's just the way it goes. I'm not trying to hit anybody in the head. Everybody I have been on the field with knows I play the game the way it's supposed to be played. |
The feeling after I lose a game, I can't describe how miserable, and the elation I feel after I pitch good is so much less than the bad is bad. |
The hitters will let me know. You'd hate to make the adjustment before you have to. |
The hostility, I've always enjoyed it, because I've never felt they boo players that [stink]. When you come in here, there's a different kind of adrenaline. It's always helped me focus. |
The most important to me is, Theo is a good person first and foremost. And I think that has a lot to do with it. He's not deceitful. He's an honest guy, a good guy. There's a lot more to this thing than it being a job for him, being born and raised here, the Red Sox being as important as they are to him. Above all else, Theo understands he's a compromiser. Theo understands that the clubhouse is our home. He doesn't invade that privacy often. When he does, he doesn't make you uncomfortable and that says as much about him as anything. |
The only disappointment is from my end. People will bash the manager for leaving me in there, but it came down to me not making pitches. It was personally disappointing, but a great team win. |
The only joy out of this comes out of winning, ... especially now. |
The problem with hitters I think was they weren't sure who he (Pedro) wanted to hit. And he wasn't afraid to hit anybody. |
There's a lot of adjustments to be made, |
There's nothing that doesn't impress me from stuff to makeup to poise to command. All of it. He's as advertised. He's as good a kid off the field as he is on right now, too. |
They don't happen a lot. For some guys, they never happen. You cherish the ones you had before, and you look forward to some more. |
They've never booed a player who [stunk]. |
This [was] a big swing game. This late in the season, that's a big deal. |
This is a good win, this was a great win for us. I'd be real curious to see how many games we won last year scoring two runs. |
This is what I was like in 2002. |