It actually happened identical to what I told them. This was the only way we were going to do this. |
It always bodes well if you're winning. Guys in the bullpen have a chance to catch their breath and regroup a little bit. We went through that one stretch where we just couldn't catch up. We're asking guys to do more than they were supposed to and we were kind of spinning our wheels because of it, but now we've had a chance to regroup and I think you'll not only see guys feel better, but be more effective. |
It depends who labeled them. I didn't. They hit the ball out of the ballpark. I was well aware of that. |
It didn't go as well as we wanted it to. |
It doesn't affect us at all. We need to take care of what we're doing. When we win, we're fine. We put ourselves in that position. |
It gives us a guy that we rely on for a lot, |
It gives us a guy that we rely on for a lot. We signed him because he?s one of the best pitchers in the league. And now we?re getting closer to having that guy back. |
It gives us a guy we can rely on for a lot. That?s the reason we signed him, to be one of the better pitchers in the league. |
It happened in about a split second. I certainly don't think [history was involved]. I didn't feel any ill will going into the game. It happened quick and it's over with. |
It is a unique place to play, but the market won't affect his at-bats. [Loretta] is a 10-year veteran, and he will make the adjustments. |
It just depends on how the game's going. We don't want to get to a number just so we can say we got to a number. If he's effective, and we'll see how the game plays out, the last thing you want is to go through your whole bullpen, but you'd like to win the game. |
It just wasn't a good night to hit. How David hit that ball out, I don't know. |
It kind of caught up with us a bit. We've had a lot of innings out of our bullpen. |
It looked like at a certain point in the game, he started hitting all his spots. And add to that, when you get a lefty in our ballpark on a day like (Sunday), where there is so much contrast with the brightness, it gets tough. |
It means we have one of the most dangerous hitters in the game hitting back-to-back with David [Ortiz]. When Manny gets hot, he's not going to hit singles. We hope he hits a bunch of homers. |