When you look at that particular situation, there's about three different ways you can look at it. Each way has a little something not right at the end of it, no matter what way you go. Sooner or later, hopefully, one of those people will just absolutely make that decision for us. We're working on that. We're working on getting that done. |
When you talked about the Orioles, you talked about Elrod. |
When you talked about the Orioles, you talked about Elrod. Elrod Hendricks was one of the finest men I have ever met. |
Whether it's late spring or early spring, we certainly don't know yet. |
Yeah, that's normally an automatic situation where you go, and obviously we didn't get that, so I guess that goes back to me. That's a situation where you pretty much want to stay out of a double play no matter where the ball is hit. Like I said, I guess I didn't relay that info good enough. |
Yell at them for what? For not getting a hit? When they quit trying and get lazy I'll yell at all of them. |
You can only make so many excuses. We're major league baseball players. You're not supposed to make mental mistakes. |
You can't keep going five innings. He's got better stuff to go deeper into the game than that. |
You feel for the player. He plays 100 percent all the time, and he's one of our better players. And you just hate to see something like that right now. |
You have to forget about it and look forward to tomorrow. There's nothing else to do. We've been playing good baseball and we had a game where everything kind of fell apart on us. |
You know I think the world of Leo. He's one of my best friends. It would be great to work with him. |
You might see him starting tomorrow. Whether he's ready or not, there comes a point when you just have to go out there and play if you're going to win a job. I'm sure he'll be ready. |
You reward the people who are supposed to be rewarded and he was the right guy for this particular spot. |
You want the kids to experience winning a playoff series and getting a ring in the minor leagues. That will be good for him. |
You wonder about the stats. But you don't know how many did it. Maybe everyone did. |