Ruben has had some numbers against Lackey, but we had to weigh all of the information. We decided that the defensive part of it carried it. |
Ruben, he's probably the most adept at it. He's had the most experience. You know, he loves the pressure and all that. I think he would be the first consideration and then you'd match them up from there. |
Safety first, we'll wait to play him Saturday. |
Scoring 10 runs in one game doesn't give you a five-run lead the next day. |
Second has been a spot that we've been messing around with, ... He's one of our better hitters, so we wanted to give him an extra at-bat. |
Second is a spot we've been messing around with, |
Shawn apologized to me. He just had trouble with his command. He slipped on the mound at one point. |
Shows you how smart the manager is. You put him in that spot so he won't have to come up. |
Signed all the guys with the initials. They certainly have been making a run, and they're going to have to be reckoned with. |
Small we knew from Spring Training, but Chacon, I didn't even know the name, ... To get him here and see how consistent he's been in key situations, it's been great. |
Snow. Andy Pettitte in the snow. |
so I just kept wearing it. |
So much of baseball is about history and the records. The fans want the records to mean something. If somebody like Alex had the most home runs, there wouldn't be any questions. |
Something happened because he had so many ground balls early. He may just be gaining arm strength. He threw the ball really well. He just wasn't consistent with his location. |
Sometimes I think he overdoes it. If you think too much in this game you stop reacting to it. He's got so much ability and he's capable of doing so many things, he asks himself to do too many things. |