There's definitely a danger of not being challenged, and that's stuff that your players may not even be conscious is happening, |
There's no question it's a matter of concern. But this is not something new with Mo. He's had this before and usually been able to work through it. |
There's no question it's going to be an emotional time [if] he's not here anymore. |
There's no question. I can just tell by his demeanor. Even walking around the clubhouse, he's different from last year. I just sense a little more comfort overall. |
There's no rush to have him ready for the start of the season. |
There's no trickery in what he does -- he just goes after you. That's why he's the pitcher he is -- those guys usually get tougher with men in scoring position. There's not always blame to be put on people. |
There's only one place to manage in my estimation, ... It's been the best time I've ever had, these 10 years. |
These are our playoffs, |
These are the kind of games that we've got to be able to manufacture something. Again, you hate to blame what we did, because this kid pitched such a good game. He threw a lot of strikes and was like a surgeon out there. |
These games, the fans get cheated. But you still have to look out for your own. |
These guys are going to get their share of work during the season. |
These guys are playing hard. It's only 7-7, but I've certainly been satisfied with everything that's gone on here. |
These guys have been playing their tails off. It's not going to be perfect every day. You're going to give something away. But even today, we had a chance to tie the game in the ninth inning. |
These guys worked together the last game we played last year. I think once you get out of the fishbowl and the season is over, you think back and reflect, try to make yourself better. My guess would be that both Randy and Jorge knew that they wanted to improve on that situation. That's not going to be a problem for us this year. |
These two games were huge. Especially tonight. Curt [Schilling] didn't have his best stuff [Tuesday, in a 10-7 Yankees win], but Pedro was Pedro. To beat him when he had his stuff like this, it really gives us confidence. |