I said it was like a crime scene. I thought we were going to have to put a chalk mark on the wall, because that's the last place he was seen. |
I said that I have no problem, ... I know him. He's a good guy. Obviously, he's very good at what he does. |
I said to him, 'I need you today, big guy,' ... He didn't budge. |
I saw a draft of this year's schedule halfway through last year, and you had to see this series right away. The schedule might have been preliminary. But I knew this series wasn't. |
I still have the same mind-set that both of those guys are in the same category. |
I still like how we feel right now, |
I still think that he's got baseball left, but a lot of it depends on the makeup of this club, if there's a fit for him. |
I still think the pitch was outside. It's very usual for him to take a 3-and-2 pitch with runners on base. But it was a gutsy pitch. |
I still think there is a scarcity of pitching. Pitchers are supposed to be ahead of the hitters. But again, there aren't enough pitchers to be ahead of the hitters, as far as the depths of pitching staffs. Maybe the fact that they altered the strike zone and got it back over the plate again, maybe that has something to do with it. |
I still want to manage here, and I'm satisfied that George feels he still wants me to manage here, ... I had to not only hear it, but (also) hear the tone in which it was said.... I'm not asking him to change. I just wanted, for my own satisfaction, to find out if he still trusts me with his team. |
I still want to manage here. |
I still want to manage here. And I'm satisfied that (Yankees principal owner) George (Steinbrenner) feels that he still wants me to manage here. |
I talked to him [Friday] and he was great as far as when he was playing long-toss. I feel better about him this year than I did last year. Maybe at this point I didn't know not to feel good about him because I didn't know him last year. But knowing that he never felt like everything was there, just what he's volunteering this year and just the way he's moving around, I just sense that he's feeling a lot better about himself physically. |
I talked to him after the second and asked if he felt all right, and he said he felt fine. He just didn't locate, and it looked like he couldn't put people away with the slider like he normally can. |
I talked to him again today, and he's on board with that. This time of year, you like to go with as much experience as possible. |