There's no feeling-out process, |
There's nothing better than when the ball's hit to know that you have an out. We should be vastly better defensively. |
They are considered part-time players. Longevity is important. He has put up tremendous numbers and his timing for some hits are sure to help. In the end, it is production over time. I don't know if anyone is better right now than he is at what he does. |
They catch the ball. The offense, we'll see. They've been through ups and downs. If we could just get it in the middle, that's probably what we're hoping for. ... They don't need career years, just be themselves. |
They got a lot of hits, and I think his knee was bothering him a little more than he let on. We got to a point early where you need to get outs and you've lost the ability to match up. |
They had this thing kind of mapped out. I don't think this is a real deviation from the plan. I just think they wanted probably to test him further with better hitters. I don't think he got challenged a lot (in Double-A). They let him go through the order more than once. I think they wanted to have him maybe face a little better competition. |
They have outplayed us . . . to this point, |
They have outplayed us. The only thing we can do is show up and try to outplay them. They've played very well against us. |
They hit balls with authority. |
They nick you and then when they do hit the home runs, it makes it a little more significant. |
They pitched, hit and ran the bases better than us, ... They outplayed us. That's why they won. |
They pitched, hit and ran the bases better than us. They outplayed us. That's why they won. |
They said he threw great. The report said that was the best he threw yet. |
They were actually going to hit on the field, but now they'll go down and hit in the cage, ... [General manager] Theo [Epstein] asked me a few days ago if I had a problem, and I actually thought it was great. I had met Ellsbury, but [I] had not met Lowrie. |
They were aggressive on the first pitch fastball and I know Schill is just trying to get ahead of them because they don't do that very often, |