People always talk about having two different swings, an aluminum bat swing and a wood swing. It is one of those things where you have to make an adjustment. But if you want to play at this level you have to be able to do that. |
People were yelling and all of a sudden I heard them. I figured it was time to go. |
That was huge. The way things have been going, to pull off a win like we did today, especially with a long road trip ahead of us, it gives us momentum and confidence. |
That was really neat, ... I never imagined that it would end up that way when the game started. |
That's a huge sign for me, when I hit the ball out to left field. That gives me a lot of confidence. You just let the pitch dictate what you do. That's something you never see the great players do, over-swing -- I do that, I over-swing. Tonight, I didn't feel like I was swinging hard, just nice and easy. |
The biggest thing is that there are no more excuses. We can't say we don't know what's going to happen -- we've been through it once. Now it's time to go to work. |
The way things have been going, to pull off a win like this gives us momentum and confidence. The way it happened was cool. |
There are no words or anything you can say. Nobody thought Mark Ellis could do this. For those who don't know who he is, they better turn on the TV and check him out. |
There's not a moment of peace and quiet in this damn clubhouse. |
We battled to get in this spot, and we've got to feel proud about what we've accomplished, ... We just want to keep it going right now; we just need to keep riding that wave. |
We've had this kind of stretch before and bounced back. There's just a little more at stake right now. There's still a lot of baseball left and we know how to come from behind. |
We've had this stretch before, and we've bounced right back. The difference is, there's a lot more riding right now. We've just got to dig deep, keep plugging along and see what happens. |
What a comeback,'' A's manager Ken Macha said. |
When you see someone get as hot as he's been, it's usually for one or two weeks. He's been doing it for two months. If he doesn't get the Comeback Player of the Year award, it's just ridiculous. No one else should be in the running. |
You blink and it's in the mitt. He struck me out with a 101-m.p.h. fastball. I didn't really see it. I kind of heard it whiz right past me. Very select few people can throw the ball that hard. He's going to be a tough one. You're going to have to bring your 'A' game every time you see him. |