Brutal. I think it's really disappointing. ... The way this kid played in this town, people should tip their caps. ... I thought it was kind of embarrassing. Booing Jim Thome ? you don't boo a class act. |
But don't forget this is business. In this business, you cannot think with your heart. You have to think with your brains. Usually when you think with your brains, a lot of people are going to be disappointed. You think with your heart in this business, you're not going to have success. |
Carl is a veteran. We know what to expect from him. When you play this game long enough and believe in your players, you can't give up that easily. |
Defense made up for his hitting in the early season. We tell our pitchers to keep the ball in the ballpark and we have a chance to catch it. |
Do we need him? Yes. Is he a big part of the group? Yes. Can we play without him? Yes. |
Don't forget what we did to win the game. I don't want to concentrate on the calls. |
Don't get cocky. Anything can happen. |
Don't live in the past. We're not world champions anymore. |
Duque didn't throw the ball the way we like him to throw the ball. |
Duque didn't throw the ball the way we like him to throw the ball. Most of the balls that got hit were hit hard. We thought he was going to give me four, five, six innings to get McCarthy ready to go. Our plans didn't work. |
Duque is going to be in the bullpen, ... If Duque has trouble coming out of the bullpen, we've got to make a decision on what to do with him. |
Either way we set the rotation, it's a lot of guys who are going to have nine days off, 10 days off, ... We have to figure out how to get them less days, but it is impossible. |
Either way we set the rotation, there are a lot of guys who are going to take nine or 10 days off. You have to figure out how to give these guys (fewer) days, but it's impossible to do it. |
Either way we set the rotation, there's a lot of guys who will have 10 days off, nine days off, ... You have to figure out how to get those guys less days (off), but it's impossible. |
El Duque has a year left on his contract with Chicago and hopefully in that year we can make the most of him because he's a winner and knows what he needs to do on the mound. |