145 ordspråk av Mike Mussina
Mike Mussina
Psychologically, it was probably a big deal for us to go out and win, no matter how we did it. The way we did it was even better, and it even shows a little more of what we're capable of doing.
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Rivera was going to score if the ball stayed in play and Finley might have ended up at third. It was 4-0, but it would have been 4-1 with a man on. The key at-bat might have been getting Kennedy, but the ball bouncing in the stands two minutes before was a really big event in the game.
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Self-confident people aren't afraid to ask for help.
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So I didn't have any idea what to expect. Sure, I had doubts. I didn't know what I was going to get.
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That felt pretty good. This seemed like an important game for us.
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That was a necessity to get back to 100 percent. It might have something to do with it.
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That's a possibility, I guess, ... But there's not a significant amount of concern.
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That's almost predictable a day after you score 15. It happens.
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That's the way you draw it up.
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That's the way you draw them up. You have to win the close ones every once in a while and you have to win the low-scoring ones every once in a while and today we did both.
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The ball didn't hit me in the head, so that's a plus.
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The base hit by [Adams] was the one that really hurt. I had him 1-2 or 2-2 and left a curveball up over the plate. That's the one that was frustrating, because if I get an out there, maybe it's a two- or three-run inning instead of what it turned out to be.
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The first three innings weren't as easy as they looked. The ball was in the middle of the plate, balls were hit hard. You're going to have days like this. You try to stay positive and think you're going to feel good. It's not an easy thing, getting ready for the season.
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The first three innings weren't as good as it looked. The balls were down the middle and they hit some balls pretty hard.
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The majority of guys were here last year and experienced what we went through the first two months and somehow battling back to win the division. We all realize we can't play that way and put ourselves in that position again, so there's a different frame of mind. Hopefully, our baseball will show it.
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