There's been a lot of stress with this ballclub, expectations and 'trying to stay in the race' frustration, the whole package. It's understandable. We can all do a better job of handling ourselves. Maintaining your composure is one [way]. |
There's concern with everybody. What if one of your pitchers ends up in the bullpen? How is he going to be ready for the season without getting innings? |
These guys haven't grown up together. So it's a little more trying to feel each other out and see what happens. |
They are a very confident group. |
They brought some people in here that have good numbers against Johan. I was looking at it before the game. I knew Molina had done well. |
They came out and smoked the baseball. Every pitch we threw that was up, they whacked it. |
They can pitch, catch the ball and swing the bat. It's a very good baseball team. They put a lot of money into it this winter and it will be a fun opening series for us against a good baseball team. |
They have good pitching. They can throw. They got a good middle of the lineup. They're catching the ball in the middle of the infield. They're playing very aggressive. They're doing the things that we have to do to get back in it. |
They kind of whacked us around. Joe was up in the zone and they pretty much hit everything he threw up there, |
They kind of whacked us around. Joe was up in the zone and they pretty much hit everything he threw up there. And that's a pretty good formula. You get your starter to go eight or nine innings and you hit three-run homers. Normally it works out pretty good. |
They pitched their tails off. |
They said he shortened everything up, which is what we were looking for. Now you just bide your time here and see where we're at as we go along. |
They're playing the game over there. That's a great baseball team. |
They're very quick. When those guys in the middle catch the ball like that, that's pretty good. |
They've earned the respect. They won the World Series. We're chasing them. They chased us for a few years. |