The game turns. They throw a barrage at you. They have guys who can slap the ball and guys who can put it into the seats. They have guys who can do everything. |
The good news is that we'll get his innings stretched out and he'll be somewhat ready to start the season. Whether it's here right away or down the road, he'll be on that schedule. |
The guys were wound up a little bit Tuesday night. They didn't want to lose. Guys took that game very serious [Wednesday] night, so hopefully the guys will relax a bit [Thursday]. |
The kid pitched OK, ... He gave us a chance to win. |
The risk of a catcher getting beat up in the World games is pretty high, and I'm happy to have my young catcher here. |
The story has always been with him that he's a sloppy practice guy, but a good game guy. He's gotten better at his practice now, and a lot of people talked to him about that, working on some drills. He's grown up a little bit and made his presence known this year in camp. |
The thing you have to remember is, Puckett didn't separate people. Everyone had a chance to be his friend. You could have been star or a Joe off the street, it didn't matter. |
The way Lew is playing, he deserves to be out there. He's been our igniter lately, the guy that's really been playing. He's doing a lot of good things for us so we have to keep him in there. |
The worse scenario happens there. They come up and fire the ball home. And you just shake your head. That's not supposed happen, but it did. The kid made a hell of a play. That's the way it's going right now. |
Their bullpen came in with some nasty people. We haven't faced those guys, and they were making some good pitches and locating the ball very well. |
Their guy totally shut us down. A big, tall guy throwing sliders and sinkers. He totally ate us up. |
Their kid was unbelievable. He shut us down. |
Their pitcher was aware. Wood did a great job there. Most pitchers would catch the ball and start arguing with the umpire. He was very aware. He turned around looked home. He did a great job on that play. |
There was a line halfway around the building at around 5:15 waiting to get in. It was amazing to see the excitement that the fans have. |
There's a lot of money being thrown around out there and it's hard to get in the market and sign free agents. We're lucky on this one. |