We spoiled (Steinbrenner) by winning four World Series in five years. But it's certainly worth everything that goes with it. |
We still have six games with [the Red Sox], so to me, [winning] the division is realistic. |
We still have to do some maintenance there, ... Bernie, as good as he is, he gives us a weapon off the bench. When you get a little older, the day games seem to come earlier; they have a way of creeping up on you. |
We still have to stress the fact that in spite of having the ability to hit a lot of home runs, we've got to have a different mind-set, or continue to think small and let the big things happen. Sometimes when you have a club like we have, you tend to wait around for boom, boom, boom, and sometimes it doesn't happen. |
We think very highly of him. I think he's appreciative of being here. He should leave here with something good. |
We understand that there will be certain games when one run will be huge. Even though we're capable of big things here, we have to diversify our attack a little bit. |
We usually don't give those kids a chance. |
We want the option in case something happens. There will come a time when somebody needs an extra day or somebody is going to miss a start, so we'll need somebody to plug in. |
We want to get him a day off. We'll do that [today]. |
We want to understand that the little things can turn into big things. We don't want to get too homer-happy. |
We want to win the division and we're shooting for Boston, but we also know how tough it's been to get where we are right now, |
We were looking for something to break through. We didn't have much going. We'd get a man on and then hit into a double play. |
We weren't anticipating he was going to play. He came in and said he was going to take ground balls and he'd be ready to go. |
We won't need a [fifth] starter the first two weeks. When he's healthy, he's a starter for us. |
We'd like to put a streak together — six, seven, eight in a row, 10 out of 12, something like that. We're capable. We're playing well. We're preparing to play well. And our pitching lately has been very consistent. |