Hopefully the offense can continue. We need big innings against teams like that. Hopefully we can get hot, because a winning streak would be a good thing to get right now. |
I didn't see whether he took his eye off the ball or not, whether there was a couple other (fielders) in the mix, maybe he kind of alligator-armed it a little bit, but he went a long way for it and...he normally catches that ball. Ninety-nine out of a hundred times he catches that ball, but I'm not going to dwell on that. |
I haven't seen our guys out here. Maybe they're terrific. We had a replacement that showed up for a guy that was sick last year, and he was the best one we had all year. |
I think all those guys that didn't get a chance to move ... they all had solid seasons here, they could have easily went up. It wasn't so much that they failed here, was the reason they repeated, it was because, basically, the people above them didn't move up. Which is maybe a good sign for our system as far as we're getting some guys that are staying a while and can play. |
I thought, I'm going to gamble here. We haven't been putting too many hits back-to-back-to-back all year and that's what I was thinking there. |
I'm real impressed with the newcomers. The pitching, I'm not just impressed with their velocity but their maturity. And what I like about some of the offensive players that are here is that they have good swings. From what I've seen, we have a good chance to be a pretty good team and win some games. |
It was just one bad one, a four-run inning. It happens. You go after hitters and they get their hits. ... Then we can't get anybody out and it just got contagious. |
The experience, and especially playing 140 games (is an adjustment). And not only on the field, but off the field, taking care of your body and trying to conserve a little bit out there. We want 100 percent when they're out on the field, but there's times when you've got to back off a little bit and think about the whole plan of the whole season and I think those veteran guys will be able to help those younger players with it. |
These residents are frightened. They woke up one day and found out that they are living in a toxic waste dump. They have learned that they had been drinking water that can cause cancer. They are rightfully scared for their well-being and for the well-being of their children. |
They didn't get on much for us tonight, but they did a good job when they were asked to play team baseball. |
They just didn't have their A-game tonight, we can't go up there and expect them to play like that. But, to our credit, we went out there and swung the bats. I really liked what we did offensively. |
They're doing a good job, considering the circumstances, and we appreciate their effort. We've been told to just hang with them. They're doing the best they can. |
We just didn't go after it in extra innings but they did. To their credit, they've got a pretty good bullpen and they did a good job against our bats in extra innings. |
We've just got to get a little better driving in runs. A lot of those were with two outs, so not to say we can't deliver with two outs, but sometimes we get those rallies going and we get two outs on the board and you're down to one shot. A lot of them were with two outs tonight. |
You hate to lose a game like that when the pitching is that good. |