If you're ever going to get them, it's going to be their pitching. But we really haven't had success against their pitching. |
If you're going to apply any pressure, those are the people to have. It was emotional. |
If you're going to pick somebody, I don't think you could have picked a better person to follow Bernie Williams than Johnny Damon. |
If you're used to playing every day, it's not something that's serious. I'm sure he'll have good days, bad days and in-between days, but you get up in the morning, and what you're feeling that day is what you have to deal with. |
In all fairness to him, it's probably the best thing. He'll probably be wearing a grey uniform a lot. |
In games that Alex does not contribute with his bat, he's helped us win ballgames, so I think that should be part of the equation. I think it's a part David doesn't have. |
In our situation, we were just happy to be hanging around, |
In situations like that, I am. I was so elated for the team, but for this kid . . . We've sent him back and forth to Columbus. He waited for the tap on the shoulder with some of the moves we've made and he didn't get it. |
In the 11 years I've been here, this is probably the best crop of young players that I've seen. |
Instead of questioning the period, they're going to question the player for the whole time, and I don't think that's fair. Because he was a heck of a player as a skinny kid. He hit a lot of home runs against me. I would walk him intentionally even then, so that kind of respect was earned at that point in time. |
Is this Groundhog Day? |
It can't always be a no-brainer, |
It certainly came to my mind, 'Do I want to continue to do this?' ... I had both sides. I had people telling me, 'Don't quit' and others telling me, 'Why don't you quit?' |
It certainly doesn't feel good as it's happening, but if you're a team of quality, there's no carry-over. It was just a bad start, and there's not a lot of romance attached to it. Right now we're a little flat, and we need a little pick-me-up. |
It certainly helps the offense, knowing that if it works hard to score runs, they're going to hold up. |