Feel it? It is one of the more amazing things I've felt here. It's the resilience and the ability mentally for the team not to fold. They come back from deficits that where I came from (Oakland) they'd say let's get through nine and look for tomorrow. |
He's a pretty even-keeled guy. That helps, especially this year. It's hard enough when you are going through all the ups and downs. If you have to deal with that and a manager who's up and down, that's more of a pain than you need. |
He's very, very good, and we got a few runs off him, but our pitching was huge for us tonight. We needed that if we were going to beat him. |
I feel fresh, I feel strong. Last year, I hit a wall physically and it took a toll at the plate. This year, I feel good. |
I know it (this final week) is not going as we'd hoped ... but it's been pretty miraculous. We've got four Rookie of the Year candidates, legitimate ones. That's just shocking. |
I know there's a pretty good player at first base. |
I saw (the ball) pretty good. Maybe he left some balls over the plate that he probably didn't place where he wanted to. But pitchers are going to do that. You've just got to not miss it when they do. |
I think he's a great guy. He's not a guy that gets too excited about anything. That's good when you go through something we went through. He was a stabilizing (factor). |
I was a little - I wouldn't say nervous - but kind of disappointed that the opportunities I thought I was going to have weren't there. I was considering taking lesser jobs, and this came along and I can't tell you how thrilled I was. |
I'll try to mix in wherever I can. That's going to be up to Jerry and the guys. I'll be ready, however they want me. |
If you were to look at our schedule, this is the toughest seven-day stretch of our year, ... They are two places we have not played well. We really have to buckle down and play well. |
It was good to see us bounce back, ... You look at them, a bunch of Hall of Famers and All-Stars, and they're phenomenal. We've been hearing about that all year, but you get into September, and we've got the same record as them. |
It was tough. There were some plays we needed to make that would have kept us out of some of those big innings. You've got to stay away from them, especially in this ballpark. |
It would have been nice to win, but that's the way it goes. At this place, the way that team battles, it's very tough. The conditions were very bad, but we battled them all night. We just have to take that play into tomorrow night. |
It's a good win today, not a must-win but pretty darn important. The little things are something we've really got to do consistently. |