Nobody wants to see a two-run homer, ... But I do like the way he handled himself. That's a lot to ask of this kid, but we're trying to have more weapons. And he's got a lot of them. He just didn't get the ball in far enough. |
Not having a day off, I have no problem with that anyway. David is going to have a whole lot to say, I'm sure. |
Not just hits, but good swings. We had some fun at his expense. We gave him the ball. |
Obviously, early in April we didn’t ... We don’t want them to get into the dog days of September and have them dragging. So we really try to monitor them closely. |
Obviously, he was ready to go. |
Oh yeah, that's huge, ... That was something we wanted to stay away from. That gets you in a tough situation - up and down, pitch, don't pitch. He'll pitch tomorrow and it's fairly normal, just like having an extra day. |
Oh yeah, that's huge, ... That was something we wanted to stay away from. That gets you in a tough situation ? up and down, pitch, don't pitch. He'll pitch tomorrow and it's fairly normal, just like having an extra day. |
Oh yeah, that's huge. That was something we really wanted to stay away from. |
Oh yeah, that's what I'm saying. I'm OK with this. In a perfect world, everybody shows up [Thursday] and nobody is a pound overweight and nobody does this. But it's not a perfect world. We're dealing with a lot of personalities, but it's going to work out by doing it this way. It's going to work out better. |
Oh, it's great. The combination has been phenomenal. |
Oh, yeah. Because of what he did go through this winter, his showing up a little bit late, but showing up in the right frame of mind, is OK with me. We rely on him so much that if that's what it takes, it's OK with me. |
On a day when it looked like a couple runs might do it, we got a left-handed hitter coming up next and a guy [Gonzalez] that can do it. |
On a tough year [in 2005], he hit .280. On a good year, he may be up there with the league leaders in batting average and things like that. Depending on the health of our lineup, it looks to me like he'll be a real successful [No. 2] hitter for us. Again, we'll see how those things play out. But I think he'll be really good. |
On the second ball, (John) Olerud had the best line: `They need to put out a public address and tell the children to be careful.' It was a gorgeous swing from a very strong man, |
On the second ball, (John) Olerud had the best line: `They need to put out a public address and tell the children to be careful.' It was a gorgeous swing from a very strong man. |