Baseball is a very traditional sport. |
He can play first, second, third or the outfield. |
He's going to have a very long career; he's going to be very good, and today, you saw how good he is. For him, it's a day he'll never forget. |
I just want everybody to get situated on Monday. |
I just want to see some things. You can tell a lot about a guy in two innings. |
I think on any given day, you'll get a base hit on that. The way he was pitching, I thought the decision was to show him respect and give him a chance to do something special. |
I told him yesterday he was going to have a very long career. He's very good. Today everybody saw how good he is. |
If you're good, and you play in Holland, they'll come and find you. I don't think there's an organization that hasn't been to Holland. |
It wouldn't have been smart for him to be here today. He's day-to-day. |
It's great to play games. You can only work out so much before it gets old. We'll be playing against one of the best franchises in baseball. It'll be helpful for me to see how our guys react to different situations out there. |
Our pitchers did a good job today. If we make those double plays, we're looking at a 2-0 game. And we had one chance ourselves to do something with the bases loaded. We made some plays in the field as the game went on that helped our pitchers hold them down. Overall, even though we didn't score, there were a lot of things that were encouraging. |
The difference between winning and losing today, is that we can now leave with our heads up instead of down. |
The world has recognized that we are competitive. It used to be, how much are we going to lose by? Then we'd try to close that gap during the game. Now, when we step on the world stage, we expect to win. |
These guys are used to playing together. This is not their first international competition. They're not just getting together and playing (like the USA). They've been doing this for years. It's kind of exciting to see what's going to happen. |
They're very experienced hitters that usually make adjustments in their second at-bat. The way he got them out, that's when I thought it would be very tough for them to get a base hit today. |