It certainly would have been a good lift for us to tie the game at that time, because we had struggled to get those guys on base. But you're going to get calls, too. You certainly can't blame anything on that. |
It comes at a price tag, |
It could make you more determined. There's a certain satisfaction from taking it out there as opposed to just responding to it. |
It could've been the most important play of the game. |
It depends on where he is, his physical well being and how he's feeling. If it's going nowhere, I think we can talk about it. It's still a long way from 15 days. |
It didn't look like he was able to command his stuff. His fastball was OK, but his other pitches, he just wasn't very consistent. When you can only get one pitch over the plate, you become a target. |
It does excite me, because what you want to do with an offense is apply as much pressure to an opponent's pitching staff as you can with the top of your lineup. Johnny Damon, knock on wood, is a guy you don't think about. You just put him in the lineup every day. |
It doesn't get much better than that. If Tejada doesn't play, it may be a no-hitter. |
It doesn't make winning tonight's game any more important than it already is. That comes with the territory. I've never managed to save my job. I have to manage to try to win. If I start thinking, 'If I do this, it'll look better than if I do that,' I can't do that. |
It gets to the point where they just stopped thinking, went out there and reacted. It was sort of a playful determination that they had out there. |
It has been coming down to pitching, and Randy pitched a big game and I thought Moose was terrific. |
It just didn't look like he was able to command his stuff. |
It just kept coming back to the same thing: He has a great variety of speeds. |
It just looked like he was in total control. He gave us exactly what we needed. |
It just looked like it was more effort for him in the seventh inning. I just felt in my heart and soul that was it for him. |