I know one thing: We don't see their guys going across the plate too much. |
I know the players were all happy for him because for a long time, he really wasn't getting it done, and they knew how hard he was working. So I'm just very pleased for him. |
I know, I know. He's still enjoying what he's doing; that's the only thing I base it on. If I felt it were more drudgery than normal, or I sensed more frustration, you would ask him back automatically because that's only the proper thing to do, but I sense he's still having fun with it. So we'll certainly talk about it. |
I like the way that we've come into both these games. We've been aggressive early, getting scoring position, constantly giving ourselves chances to get runs on the board. So I feel good about our club right now. |
I looked down for a second and then everybody was running off the field. |
I love his personality. He just keeps grinding it. He knows how to compete. ... He never uses the 'I-don't-know-my-role' stuff as an excuse. |
I need him to do whatever he has to do to motivate himself and be as intimidating as he can be. |
I need you today, big guy. |
I never envisioned this. You can dream about it, you can hope it would happen, but especially coming here from the Red Sox after what he established there, I didn't see that happening. |
I never thought I'd like that kind of music, |
I pretty much know what we're doing. Things I didn't want to do I've had to do, like repeating Farnsworth [on Friday and Saturday]. |
I probably shouldn't talk like that, but pitchers scare me going. |
I remember him being the first player I ever saw listen to music on an airplane. There were a lot of sides to his personality. |
I remind them that they've proven themselves more than one time through the league. |
I said I thought the umpire was quick on the trigger but I thought you snapped. I also told him I certainly don't want to take that emotion from him. I don't want him out there worried about what he's going to say or do. Hopefully, I'll get to him before it happens again. I never want to take his passion away from him because I think he needs it to pitch. |