You can tell your uncle stuff that you could not tell your dad. That is kind of the role of an uncle. I feel very much like a father sometimes but sometimes I feel like a teammate. |
You can't help where they clinch it, |
You can't put your finger on it. The last couple of years we've played them tough. That's not the team you want to play every day. |
You don't know what could transpire. You might need both of them. Some of it depends on the progress and health of the other guys. |
You don't want him to get hit on the wrist or elbow. |
You don't want to do all this hard work all through Spring Training and during the season and then come out here with nothing to be proud of. |
You get a good setup man and sooner or later someone is going to want him as a closer. You got a good middle guy and you or somebody is going want him to be a setup man. You see bullpen guys move in this game more than any other players. |
You guys are asking me stuff that he's not even answering. |
You hate to have a guy have back problems, then he starts changing his arm angle and compensating for it and you end up hurting something else. His teammates, they really convinced me he had had enough. |
You hate to say wait-and-see, but that's how it is, ... We're counting on him big time. At this point, I can't say in which capacity. We're hoping as a starter. If not, we'll do the next-best thing for him and us. |
You hate to see it end in a tie. |
You have to quit counting, man. I'm serious, you have to quit counting. We have to start at the next one. If we keep counting, it will keep compounding and growing, just like when you're in a slump. |
You hear from being sub-.500 to the World Series. I don't think anybody really knows. There's a lot of variables here, a lot of variables that can go well and work. I don't see many variables that would cause it not to work. |
You hope it's just a minor setback. We have to stay positive and keep our fingers crossed. |
You know he's better than he's pitching. The good thing is his arm feels good and he's in great shape. |