Those were some big innings for us, clean innings. That was really nice to see. What you don't want is excitement. |
To be quite honest, he's in a predicament for playing time. But the way he is, the way he acts, he's a professional and he'll be treated with respect. |
To me, the game's on the line right there. It didn't work. It'll work out way more than it doesn't because he's good. |
Today we just didn't get much going. The one chance we had, we didn't take advantage of. |
Unfortunately for us tonight it seemed like they kind of came at inopportune times. |
Unfortunately for us, it seemed like (the passed balls) came at inopportune times. The first couple of innings, (Bard) really handled him pretty well. Then we ran into a bump in the road, and it seems like when that happens, he starts fighting himself a little bit and it gets tougher for him. |
Very daring on their part. It hurt us. |
Wake had pitched so well. I thought about getting him out against Cantu. But Wake had thrown the ball so well. Once he gave up that hit, it was time for Timlin. |
Wake went out and just pitched his rear end off. |
Wally [pitching coach Dave Wallace] and [bench coach Brad] Mills had been talking about how great this guy is and I was getting sick of hearing it. We kept hearing how good he was, and now we know. |
We all found out that every time you think you have enough pitching, you don't. When you think you have too much, you probably still don't. If I'm asked about an excess of pitchers in the future, I will be thrilled to have that problem. |
We all know how tough he is, ... so when he says it's hard for him to play it makes you a little concerned. We took the shot and we DHed him. We probably should have let him rest a little more, but we didn't. You try to do the best you can. |
We all love Johnny. We don't want him to get hits against us. The fans were just showing their emotions. I think every player out there would rather be in that situation than having fans that don't care. I've been on both sides. That's not good. It's not the end of the world. It's just some very passionate fans having some fun at somebody else's expense. |
We also told him that if he can't (pitch in relief) then he won't do it. But I think because of the kind of guy he is, he's shooting for it. |
We asked a lot, physically, of people [in 2004] that I think may have hurt us this year. I don't think anybody would trade that. |