He was a pretty significant part of my life. I have a lot of admiration and respect of him. It's different. Change is so unsettling anyway, more so when it's someone very close to you. I mean, this guy impacted my life. |
He was already at the point of the game where we're going to go to the bullpen if anything happens. When we got out there he said his knee was burning. I don't think he re-injured it. He just had a lot of pitches and wear and tear from the game. |
He was called up to the big leagues at such a young age that I don't know that anybody knows what his ceiling is. He's not going to play every day for us, but we are going to try to use him where we can get some protection out of him. Down the road, I don't think anybody knows what the future holds for him. He might be pretty good. |
He was great. He had to be. There wasn't a whole lot of margin for error. There's a reason Moyer has been pitching in this league forever. |
He was having a lot of success. You're winning 20 games and you're starting all-star games. If it's not broken don't mess with it. Even at that point in his career when he was striking out 300, he'd throw 97 (mph) away and he didn't throw in that much with his fastball. |
He was kind of pitching on savvy and guts because he didn't have his best stuff. He got us far enough. |
He was OK to stay in, but I didn't think it was a smart thing to do. We go and get ice on it now, and not only do we hopefully have him (today), but have him feeling a little bit better. |
He was ready to finish the game. |
He was sharp. It didn't help that we had David hitting on the back field instead of the main field. |
He was so good and he had to be. He almost matched [Johnson] pitch-for-pitch. That ball [Giambi's home run] hooks a little bit around that foul pole and we might still be playing. |
He was so good, and he had to be. I know that their guy and our guy is one extreme to the other, but he almost matched him pitch for pitch. That ball hooks a little bit down the right field line and we might still be playing. |
He was so good, and then he went back out. He had such a good night, I just thought it was time to get him out of there. |
He was terrific. He said he would be. I'm telling you, we had a good conversation that night on the phone and I was really pleased. That's why when he said he wanted to come in a little bit late, I had no problem. I thought it was a pretty good conversation and I thought he'd come in and do well, and he's done great. |
He was throwing probably 225 feet and just flawless. But at the same time, he's not done weight-bearing things on the field and he's going to get itchy here pretty soon (to pitch) because his arm feels so good. |
He was trying to come up and in. I don't think there was any malice or any mockery. I think he felt like in that area it was sort of a mistake that it hit him. He didn't maybe react quite as quick. I think that's all (Schilling) was saying. |