It's fairy tale-like, the way things are going. We're in an area that's uncharted. |
It's opened some things up for my playing time, personally. And I think getting (Bronson) Arroyo here - I've faced him a lot and he's a quality pitcher who will help out a lot. It's a good thing. |
Looking back, it's amazing where we're at. Considering that, this is the team we expected to have coming out of training camp. |
Mulder surprised me more than Hudson. I wasn't surprised that Hudson got traded because we only had him for a year more. We had Mulder for a couple more. Billy is not one to have a couple good years and then completely start over. He saw an opportunity to get some quality guys and he jumped on it. It's really paid off. It's pretty amazing. |
Offensively, it's just not something you can sustain for long periods. You need some help. Sheets - I don't think I've ever faced him, and boy, you're going to have to pitch good just to stay in the game with him and Bronson was just awesome. It was a great battle. |
The whole series was tough. When I look back on things, yeah, I wish they were different. |
There hasn't been any of that. Nobody's going to feel sorry for us, and we're not going to feel sorry for ourselves. We know we're not as good a team without those guys. We know that every guy has to pick up a little slack because of it. Bottom line, we're hanging in there. We're right there without them. |
There's just a confidence in the dugout right now. It's not a fear of losing, it's, 'We're going to win. |
This is probably the toughest seven-day stretch of our year, in two places we haven't played real well. So we really need to buckle down and play as well as we can. |
Those are shoes that one guy can't fill, and I know it's not me. I'm thrilled to be over where he played. You can't replace him - it'll be a collective effort. |
Those are two places we haven't played well, ... so we're really going to have to buckle down. |
We knew our backs were against the wall, ... It was an all-out team effort today. Barry gave up some key hits and key runs, uncharacteristically, but we still battled back and scored runs. |
We knew our backs were against the wall. It was an all-out team effort today. Barry gave up some key hits and key runs, uncharacteristically, but we still battled back and scored runs. |
We've got a lot of young guys who have really flown up the learning curve. |
You don't know what a guy's got. I always feel like the pitcher has the advantage. I talk to a lot of guys that faced [pitchers]. I go over video. It's very early. I hate to get too up or too down about whatever I'm doing. I get on base. That's been something I try to do and have taken pride in my whole career. |