[Wakefield] 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 great. |
A big goal of mine is I need to get back and get healthy so I could do my job, ... I think physically, I felt like I got run over by a truck the whole year. |
A great catch. He tracked that ball pretty well. I didn't think he was going to get there. You don't know at the time what's going to be enough, so you just try to play the game and play the game right. |
A healthy Beckett is exciting. |
A long day. A win is a win and that's good. That's what we set out to do. It wasn't easy, but it ended up good. |
A lot of teams lose that game. We're not a lot of teams. |
A win is a win, and that's good. That's what we set out to do. It wasn't easy, but it ended up good. |
About the sixth inning, he says, 'What do you want me to get ready to do?' because he was thinking about running. He said he was OK . . . It's amazing to me the direct impact he had on this game because of how tough he was. |
Actually I wasn't too pleased about it. Derek got hit with a (split-finger fastball). We knew it, they knew it.... I'm not too happy about it but you have to ask the man who threw it. |
After all these games we've played, we've played ourselves into a situation where it comes down to two games. That's just the way it is. |
After the game [Friday] night, we got him a cortisone shot in that shoulder. It's not in the joint. He's just trying to get the inflammation out of there. He may even be available today, we'll see. |
Again, I think the way I view it is, he's our player and we want to get the most out of him. Sometimes you make some adjustments along the way and you try to understand some people's thinking and you try to get to the same goal together, and I think that's what we're trying to do, and I think this is going to be just fine. |
Again, we hope it may be six innings. We'll see how he gets to it. |
Alex is a ballplayer. He knows how to play. He makes all the plays, he has good range, he has nice carry on his arm. He never is out of position. He just helps you win games. It may not be flashy, but he knows how to play. If you need a bunt, he can bunt. He can hit and run. He's just a good ballplayer. |
All the bad times last year are well-documented. He is as professional as you can be. If he throws like that, we're going to have some kind of bullpen. We want him to be a huge part of that bullpen. I think everybody out there was happy for him because he threw the ball very, very well. |