I think finally in the middle of August, beginning of September, I started feeling better again. I started feeling like myself, ... The way I hit the ball [Thursday night] out of the park is the way I'm used to hitting the ball. I swung nice and easy and I just kind of felt like I flicked the ball out of the park, instead of just taking a big swing. I'm just glad that it's coming around at this time of the season. |
I think finally in the middle of August, beginning of September, I started feeling better again. I started feeling like myself. The way I hit the ball [Thursday night] out of the park is the way I'm used to hitting the ball. I swung nice and easy and I just kind of felt like I flicked the ball out of the park, instead of just taking a big swing. I'm just glad that it's coming around at this time of the season. |
I'm proud of the way I've handled myself after a slow start, coming back the way I have and learning new positions [second base, third base]. |
I've played too long to let my ego get in the way, or my pride -- to say, 'I have to play shortstop' or something like that. You know what? I played 10 years at shortstop. Can I still play there? Yeah. But we have a good shortstop here. |
In a weird way, it's good and bad being an insurance policy. Do I like to do it? No, because I know I can play every day. At the same time, if I'm going to play every day somewhere on the field a majority of the time, that's fine. |
It's hard to win a game when you're giving up 16, 17 hits a game, ... and your team doesn't get the 17 hits a game. |
It's kind of depressing when you lose like that. Teams like that, they win games like that. Seems like they always come out on top. |
Look it up. I don't think I've ever hit cleanup. |
That's good for out mentality the rest of the way. It shows nobody in here's given up. |
The guy's our ace. He pitched a hell of a game today, one of the best games I've seen him pitch, |
The one thing I wish would have happened was we would have scored one more run for Milton. I wish he could have gotten a win out of that instead of a no-decision. |
To not lay down and die after the inning they had was big for us and shows that nobody in here has given up. |
Too far off, too hard to say. |
We got some walks and some hits with runners in scoring position, ... Those are the little things you have to do. You're not always going to get the three-run homer. |
We have to try some different things out there on the mound. |