He's one of the most special guys I've ever been around. That'll never change. |
He's part of us, |
He's part of us. ... This is 'we,' and it always will be. We don't just try to get the flavor of the day. We try to do what we think is right for the long haul. |
He's played through a lot. But he's been very productive and scored runs. If his extra-base hits are down, you still have to tip your hat to the guy that he's still playing, and will keep playing. I think he's hit some balls hard right at people. Then he'll get hot, and get a bunch [of extra-base hits]. |
He's pretty competitive. He might be one of those guys you don't talk to in the middle of an inning. He's competing. I've got no problem with that. |
He's probably 50-60 pitches, depending on how he feels and things like that. |
He's run the bases on the back field, he's taken balls in the outfield, he threw [Monday]. Again, we're getting closer to him being able to play [left field], so that's good. |
He's spent a lot of time working in the outfield. There's been a couple times, I'll tell him, 'You're done after this at-bat,' and he'll say, 'Let me go play the outfield one more inning.' That was a nice play. |
He's still commanding the strike zone but he's putting more aggressive swings as he gets older, more mature and stronger. It's fun to watch. I have a lot of confidence in his ability as a hitter. |
He's that good. I think with confidence and a lot of hard work and preparation, the guy has just become better and better. There are times when we've needed him to be that good, and he's delivered. |
He's thrown all his pitches in the bullpen. He has not thrown them all in the game as much as he has as a starter. |
He's unbelievable, ... A night like he had tonight, on the road, it's enormous. And yeah, you can add that word to Papelbon's game. He gave us multiple innings. He competes and that is so big for us. |
He's unbelievable. A night like he had tonight, on the road, it's enormous. And yeah, you can add that word to Papelbon's game. He gave us multiple innings. He competes and that is so big for us. |
He's unbelievable. On a night like tonight when you're on the road and you've given up the lead and you find a way to win, it's enormous. |
He's unbelievable. On a night like tonight, when you're on the road, you've given up the lead, and you find a way to win? It's enormous. |