A lot of people were waiting for us to fail. That's all you heard: his arm and my injuries. I think we've done a pretty good job. But I'm sure there's still somebody out there who would disagree. |
adjustments to be made during the game, but in most cases (the Duncan-based positioning) is where we stick to it and probably 75 percent to 80 percent of the time it usually works. |
He was phenomenal. You can't say enough about the guy. |
His work habits and his drive to play the game are special, ... People talk about him all the time, about his size and his arm strength. Then you see the plays he makes. It's amazing. |
Hopefully, we're going in the right direction. We're really trying to eliminate this thing so we don't have any more problems. |
I could have walked a few times already and I'm not even doing that, ... Either way, I have to get on base and help out in some way, and it has to be now. |
I feel really good right now. It's the healthiest I've been in a long time. Hopefully it shows out there, |
I felt it growing up, other sports and in the minor leagues, I'd have a great year but at the end there was always something I couldn't do. It just didn't matter, ... Somebody was always going to write something. 'He's not a complete player.' He can't do this or that. We came from the same breed. We pretty much have the same thing following us. Maybe it was true, maybe not. But we strive to make ourselves into better players. |
I felt it. It stung a little bit, but I'm fine now, really. I don't see it swelling. |
I felt much better yesterday, which was a relief because I was worried about it two days ago. Hopefuly, I don't feel it a lot. Hopefully, I don't feel anything at all. |
I really haven't done anything since last Saturday, ... For two days it was my knee, and then I couldn't move at all for two days. |
I think he's a much better player than I anticipated, ... Just being around him every day and seeing what he brings to the table, to the clubhouse and to the field. Just the way he goes about his business. |
I think we all know what we need to do and it's just having a little fun while we're getting there. |
I was with the Cubs [in 2003], when we had [Mark] Prior, [Carlos] Zambrano, guys like that going back-to-back-to-back, and we lost three games. We were like 'Oh, my God.' Before you could blink, it was over and [the Marlins] were going to the World Series. So things can happen. With this team, we can rally three off in a heartbeat. We've just got to take them one at a time. |
I'll be in there [Friday]. |