with the way our pitching has been hurt, it hasn't been a lot of fun. Otherwise, I feel no different at all. |
Yeah, he strikes out a lot, but he takes a lot of pitches, too. I've always liked him as a player. He's got power to all fields. He certainly gives us a guy with experience. He obviously handles pressure. |
Yeah, the right play was going home. It just looked like his feet got moving and it looked like they got a little tied up on him. |
Yesterday, we may have given away too much, defensively. Bubba probably gives us our best defense, so where it may cost you a little on the offensive side, you hope he can make up for it. |
You always know that the Yankees' future is right this minute, and that was just an example of that. |
You assume it won't be too long because he did it (Saturday) and didn't think enough of it to tell anybody. He could've scratched himself to not make the trip, so obviously he had good intentions. |
You can feel the bubbles going before you get there but it's always satisfying for me. You still get the attention of the players. To me, that's the best part of what I do, dealing with these players. |
You can have that decision. |
You can see a little fire in him, especially when he gets angry with himself. He gets more determined. He does a real good job when he gets in trouble. |
You can't camouflage it. You hope in entertaining people that you obtain your goal. But they do know that there's pressure. You don't try to ignore the fact that there is pressure. You just understand that's part of what you do. |
You can't expect to win when you give them extra outs. You hope when you make errors they won't come up and bite you. |
You can't pretend it's not there. You just have to deal with it. Then put it outside once the game begins. |
You certainly can't expect to win when you give them extra outs. Errors are part of the game, so you hope when you make errors that they don't come and bite you. Tonight, we didn't make them at a good time. |
You certainly can't expect to win when you give them extra outs. You're gonna make errors. Tonight we didn't make them at good times. |
You certainly don't want to do anything, physically, that's going to hurt him. In all likelihood, if he's available, it will be for something significant. Not three or four innings, but more than one hitter. |