The most important thing is for us to get out of there healthy. The second thing is to see if we can buy into the belief that we're all dependent on each other if we're going to win. We're going to have to win together, from top to bottom. To me, that's the goal. |
The thinking was not about splash. I do believe our fan base was ... it was almost like we became irrelevant. We needed to kind of go out there and show our fans that we care, |
The umpires are always informed when something happens in the prior series. |
The uncertainty that is in the air is going to be gone. It going to be like somebody is looking out for their interest. An owner can resolve their problems and help make the team better. |
There are guys that are special as far as longevity. The only way we were going to be able to get him here was for two years. |
There are no geniuses in baseball. Some deals work, some don't. You just keep trying to make moves to improve the club. |
There were never signs from him that he was really hurting. That never got to my ears. |
There's a lot of passion for the World Cup. (Major-league players) playing in the international market is a little new to us in the States. |
There's a plan in place here. What you have here is a couple of young guys who have to learn how to play the game. Our bench can pick us up. ... What these guys bring to the party I think is important. |
There's always a positive when you have your players in your camp. I think Pedro is disappointed. But for us to have him in camp, that's fine, too. |
There's going to be other shoes coming. |
This guy really cares about winning. I'm a little biased, even though he was just born in Brooklyn ... I like players from New York. |
We did this without Carlos [Beltran] being here for half a month, and without [Cliff] Floyd really being Floyd. That's encouraging. |
We expected more out of Bel.tran, yes. He was hurt early, and then he started pressing and just kept on pressing, I think. He is low-key. You'd like to have a little bit more energy and I think that in this town, you gotta be careful with that, you can't be too low-key. |
We feel comfortable that we've improved the bullpen. We'll be able to have more of a comfort zone in the seventh and eighth innings. |