Both of us threw well. He threw a little bit better. It's one of those games that's tough to lose. |
Doing what we're doing right now ... we should be winning. |
Every once in a while you catch a break. Lord knows we've had a lot go against us. |
Every once in while you have to catch a break. Lord knows, we've had enough breaks go against us over the last few years. |
Good pitching, some power, good relief, good defense. And no mistakes. |
Good, for a lack of a better word. He has adapted to what I am trying to do, of where I want to throw and when to use my breaking ball. |
Having Billy makes us a better team. He will give us a sense of security in the late innings. |
He and I were pretty well in sync today, and I think he's pretty comfortable with what I'm trying to do. |
He can issue all the apologies he wants. That's the easy thing to do. But we'll see if he means it by how he acts every day after that. |
He carried himself with a lot of passion, and he had an infectious personality, so he's going to be missed. You hate seeing something like that, obviously, at such a young age and seemingly in the prime of his life . |
He continues to show why so many people, teammates included, are excited about what he's capable of doing. He's a great player. Certainly he's had chances the first week to come up in big spots, and done a good job of producing. |
He needs to know what I'm likely to want to do in a certain situation. I don't want to fight with him to get to a certain pitch. |
He sees things and processes things that he uses in an instant in his game plan that a lot of guys, quite honestly, can't do. |
He's got a chance to be pretty special. You hate putting a label on what he is or what he can be. So much depends on how healthy he stays, but no question, he has the talent to be a major league pitcher and he's on a fast track. |
His was more active and repetitive than mine, |