This could be a big step for Nate. Hopefully, he can build on this. He was tremendous. He sees now what can happen when you keep your concentration and go about your business. Something good can happen instead of something bad. I think that's a big issue. Hopefully, tonight we got over that hurdle. |
This guy was an all-star six months ago. I cannot tell you how happy I am about that. |
This is a beautiful ballpark. It hasn't been good to me so far, but that's OK. You get what you earn in this business, and that's the way it is. |
This is a big boys' game. We swear once in awhile, we throw helmets. We're not all Sunday-school guys. That's part of it. It's been going on for years, and it'll go on for the next 100 years. |
This is a big home stand, but it's awful early to say it's huge. We just have to continue to play good baseball. If we do, we'll win games. |
This is good. I don't have any problem with this stuff. This kid gets to start in a Major League game. You look at the bright side. And I think our guys will be OK. |
This is just the perfect example of a very talented player with a lot of determination. He's a manager's dream-type player. Not only does he come to the park to beat the other team, but he does the little things to beat the other team. To a manager, he's a real delight. |
This is one of those heartbreaking things. You don't want to see anybody where, physically, they just feel like they can't compete at this level. |
This is something all of baseball should be celebrating and it's probably unlikely that they're going to be, to be honest, a lot of people. |
This is your typical, ugly spring-training game. They happen a lot. We just happened to be on the right side of it, and we'll happen to be on the wrong side of these some this spring. That just happens. |
This looks like a definite setback. Right now, it looks like it's going to be a while. |
To be honest with you, there's not a guy in this clubhouse that knows for sure if they're ready. |
To contend for the division, we're going to have to do three things in my opinion. That's pitch better, catch it, and have tougher at-bats when the game is on the line. |
To contend for the division, we're going to have to do three things. We're going to have to pitch, we're going to have to catch it, and we're going to have to have tough at-bats when the game's on the line. But I think a lot of other managers can say the same thing. |
Tremendous execution. A lot of good things happened on that play for us. |