That's the kind of Manny we love, |
That's what we needed to do. A great team win. |
That's why he's the best closer, at least over the last 10 years, ... He didn't miss a pitch. He was right on that corner, give or take the size of a baseball. The guy is good. |
The best clutch hitter I've ever seen. To me, he's the MVP. The guy's amazing. |
The difference between the offers ... it just wasn't tough. Most people would have done the same thing. |
The great thing that's going to come out of this is, every game will be important. Spring training, you can go through the motions. Spring training is long, anyway. That's another reason why I think this is going to be good. |
The guy is incredible. You just keep seeing replays and replays of that swing and wow, Curt [Schilling] and I were actually up here [in the clubhouse] on the couches when he hit that and we just kept gawking over it. That's incredible. |
The guy knows how to play; everyone in our dugout knows how to play. There's going to be a lot of great games here and the best fans in the world pretty much saw an awesome display. |
The guy's been amazing for them. He's a competitor. He wants the ball. He knows how to get the job done. He's not afraid of anyone. He's their MVP. |
The kid did a good job. Against some of these guys we haven't seen too much, you might be guessing (at the plate). |
The last thing we want to do is to embarrass our country, with how much they've given to every single Major League player. We can't go there and get embarrassed. We need to go out, hustle, play hard and do all that good stuff. There are some tough teams, so we can't expect to go out and win just by throwing our gloves on the field. |
The only way to avoid that is to go out and win. We caught a break the first time around. We know it's going to be tough. |
The only way to get around that is go out there and win. We caught a break and definitely jumped on it. |
The past two days we've had a chance to take them out early. As an offense, we have to find a way to keep it going. |
Their fans were incredible. It probably felt like a home game for their guys. The feeling inside the stadium was awesome. |