The Devil Rays are good. They can be a pest offensively and they can hit a home run when they need to. They can do a lot of things. They have no giveaway [spots] in their lineup. As always, the question about them is how well they will be able to pitch. |
The environment is not the same when you pitch here (at the minor league complex). He's fine. He got his work in, and that's all the plan was. |
The fact that he's been here this long is pretty incredible. |
The fact that the doctor was pleased with the changes, that's a plus. |
The fans get cheated. But we have to take care of our own. |
The fans, they thought they were going to see him for the last time last year, and he's been a favorite (of theirs) through the years. He's been my favorite for the last 10 years. |
The final week. We're not really looking to the weekend. We're looking at every single game. We can't rely on anybody else to do what we need to do. We need to win all the games, as Boston does, and a week from today when the smoke clears, hopefully we're standing tall. |
The first four innings were really good, then it looked like he was elevating the ball a little. That's where they hurt him. |
The first inning he came in, he was fine. He was very aggressive. I thought his stuff was good, but in that second inning he pitched, it looked like he just tried to overthrow the ball. |
The first inning he just made a couple of bad pitches and that's been his problem. But then he settled in. The one thing about him, he's not going to quit or panic. He's going to fight it. |
The first inning was easy for him and then it looked like for some reason he was rushed, ... It's all about command. He just couldn't throw strike one and that came back to haunt him. |
The forecasts were horrible and we didn't get as much rain as expected but they were right about the chilliness. These games you shoot craps with because you can lose in six innings as much as you can win in six innings. |
The good part is that I don't have to rearrange anything to do something. He's pitched with both guys -- Kelly most of the spring and Jorge for two good games during the season. |
The guys were a little goofy before the game, you know, just playing around. It was sort of just a playful determination that they had going out there. |
The guys were a little goofy before the game. They were playing around and stuff. There was sort of a playful determination they had out there. |