There's no way we're going to get him on that bus — not even on a helicopter. |
There's nothing new there. He says he's taking BP. I guess it's better than no BP at all. |
They are having more fun than any spring since I've been here, and that's important. It's loose around here, for whatever reason. Even Barry Bonds is having fun. |
They are, to me right now, one of the most complete teams in baseball. |
They pitched to Barry with a guy throwing 98, 97 mph. ...If that guy doesn't pitch to him, who will? |
They used to say when I was a kid, 'Well, he's a Babe Ruth.' Any kid my age who hit a home run they would say 'Wow, he's a Babe Ruth' - in the Dominican. I didn't hear people say 'He's a Hank Aaron.' There's something mystic about the Babe, the name. ... Santa Claus. |
They want to make it tough for him. I'm not saying it's intentional, I'm just saying they won't give him a pitch to hit. |
They were both big. To tell you the truth, I expected [Bonds' smash] any time -- 709 now? I was surprised he didn't hit two or three yet, or four or five. He got a pitch to hit to the opposite field, and he hit it out. |
They're doing it with young guys. And most of them have been there the entire year. |
This guy is only being judged by the home runs now. Right now, he's only capable of hitting home runs. He doesn't steal the bases anymore. He's not the (superb) left fielder anymore. He doesn't have the speed anymore. I believe that when we reach back, we are going to hide all that talent that started when he was a kid. Because there's no question about it, this guy's been great since he was a kid. |
This is the kind of win, you take it. You're really glad to win it, but you know some things need to be fixed. |
Those who feel they are clean, go ahead and throw the first rock. |
Those who feel they are clean, go ahead and throw the first rock. If you're clean, if you have not done anything wrong or been accused of anything wrong, go ahead and start the show. |
Thursday and Saturday, that's what we're looking at. I wasn't really concerned yesterday. ... It's nice to know for sure it's nothing serious. |
To me, it was a World Series type of atmosphere tonight. It's exciting. We're making a race of it. |