650 ordspråk av Mike Scioscia
Mike Scioscia
I think it has a chance to perform as well as last year's, but I don't think you can ask for more than what we got last year. We pitched deep enough into games on a nightly basis and throughout the season. That allowed us to keep the bullpen on pace. We have the potential to do that again.
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I think it is a pleasant surprise the way things worked out. I don't think it really will have a huge effect because I think when we get to this situation, what's going to be important is how we're playing the game, not who or where we're playing.
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I think it is remarkable, not that the expectations weren't there to get healthy and to pitch well, ... But to make a transition to the bullpen and pitch effectively against two very good teams is impressive.
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I think it started with the leadoff walk to Cora and the walk to Damon. Those two are things that you can't do against the Red Sox.
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I think it was a terrific effort against a good club and considering the circumstances of being in a pennant race.
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I think it was pretty obvious that Robb Quinlan got hit on purpose and I don't know why that would be. We are dumbfounded what that message would be, but it was pretty obvious that he was hit on purpose.
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I think it will make him overall more effective. I think he feels good [enough] with his stuff now and some of the things he's doing that it will hopefully give him a little better margin of error.
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I think it's going to be tough to do both,
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I think Jay Payton made a terrific play, his intention was clean. His slide wasn't anything outside of being an aggressive play. In baseball, things come up like that.
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I think Jeff wants the ball and he wants to pitch. He has pitched terrific baseball for a long time. He knows what it is to come in where the expectations are high.
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I think that there's no doubt you're facing the toughest pitching in a concentrated setting in the playoffs than you would at any time during the season,
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I think that year probably gave our guys a lot of confidence, ... A lot of those guys are still with us playing. Knowing that as you get down the stretch you go and play your game and you let the chips fall where they will. It worked out for us then and hopefully it's going to work out for us this year.
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I think the big thing is he is not trying to do too much and he's been successful, as much as anyone for us. He's making his adjustments and taking what the pitcher is giving him.
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I think the confidence is important and confidence will breed momentum.
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I think the important thing, ... is for us is to bring our style of play into the game.
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