If something goes wrong, if we have a rainout like we did the other day or we have to rest somebody or whatever, we have a starter here. |
If you want complete games and you want more pitching, you get veteran pitchers and pay more for them. It hasn't been intentional. Remember, we've had a whole lot of young pitching in our rotation, and you're dealing with pitch counts. And they have come into play a heck of a lot. |
In retrospect, I wish I could do that over again, I wouldn't make him the Opening Day starter. I don't think that's what caused him to struggle. Maybe he put a little bit too many expectations on himself. But that's something he should be able to overcome. [Control issues], that's what it is more than anything else. |
In retrospect, I wish I could've done that all over again, ... I wouldn't have made him my Opening Day starter. But I don't think that's what caused him to struggle. Maybe he put a little bit too much expectations on himself. But that's something you should be able to overcome. |
In the first two games we jumped out to early leads. But tonight we added on runs, which we didn't do those other nights. |
It demonstrates commitment from ownership and it should send a clear message to our young players that if you go out and play hard and do the job you will be rewarded. It gives Carl security, and at the same time it gives the organization another key young player to build with. |
It doesn't bother me, but I get a kick out of it, because now, you're putting expectations on yourself for no reason, ... Just go out there and play, and play hard, have fun, win a ballgame, be humble about it and go out and try to do it the next day again, instead of having that bravado. All of a sudden you've got to back up bravado. You don't have to back up humility. |
It is evident by the team's play in the second half of the season that this club is moving in the right direction, |
It makes me feel good just talking about him, |
It should be a fun weekend. This is good for baseball. One of these teams goes home, and the one that does is a playoff-caliber team. |
It tells you that the team has come of age a little bit. We're playing hard and we're making some things happen. And these kids are gaining good experience. That's really what it tells you. |
It will be fun for us. We'll see how we play. |
It's a possibility. We'll see how Toby feels. If we didn't have a day off on Monday, I'd play [Laforest] on Sunday for sure. |
It's a totally different perspective, ... One thing, when the game's over, you can go home and get a good night's rest and not have to worry about wins and losses -- a big change. I don't even talk baseball. Isn't that great? |
It's down to a playoff situation. The first round of the playoffs start tonight for every team -- first round of the playoffs. |