Parting ways with Peach and Davey is difficult, |
Players with other clubs don't take us lightly. The Atlanta Braves and St. Louis Cardinals, if we're fortunate to get there, I don't think they're going to take us lightly. |
Playoff games are usually decided in the seventh, eighth and ninth innings by bullpens, closers, the bench, |
Ramon is not an easy guy to replace. We plan to get our offense elsewhere. I've heard the criticism about our catching. These guys are not chopped liver. |
Sometimes with guys like him and Burroughs, there's much more pressure, being in the organization that spent a lot of money on them and made them No. 1 draft picks. If the performance isn't there, it becomes tough mentally for them. |
That is one of the toughest roles there is in the game. The mentality you have to have. The pressure. The situation that you inherit. The crowds, on the road, the noise, |
The best thing is, we're going to go in and face good competition. That's when we're at our best. This is a team that plays to the level of its competition. It's been like that all year. |
The matter has been resolved to the mutual satisfaction of all parties involved and the suspension has been lifted. |
The middle of our order has been non-existent. |
The Rangers knew they had a commodity. The only way they were going to part with him was if some team grossly overpaid. I don't blame (them). I'd do the same if I were in that position. |
The smell of champagne in a clubhouse is a great thing, ... regardless of how you get there. |
The way he handled himself during adverse times, his poise, man, there's not many like him. |
The way I look at it, it doesn't make a whole lot of sense to leave (the offer) out there for other teams to beat. |
The way you get a good non-roster player for less than a million dollars is after a bad season. It's a no-lose situation for us. If he makes the club, we got a solid veteran guy and a bargain price. If he doesn't, it won't cost us a dime. |
There's nothing better than champagne in the clubhouse, |