I categorically refuse to accept anything that Jose says about Mark. |
I count that as a quality start. Sometimes you can abuse the stats. Our team won the game, when's the last time the Cardinals lost when he started? That's a better stat. |
I definitely made the point about five times that at this point it's all about staying healthy. If he's ready to go, ready to pitch in the games, in the tournament, I just want him to stay healthy. |
I don't care how well you throw if your guys are terrible at unloading the ball and holding guys on, ... so it's a joint effort. But it's like Mike [Matheny] was, and like Pudge Rodriguez. He's an intimidating weapon. Guys don't run very much against him. It's a heck of a weapon for your side. |
I don't control whether he goes or not. I understand the concept of the tournament. All I said is what I'm most concerned about ... injuries, especially to pitchers. |
I don't expect him to play this next weekend. I think there's a chance he'll play this homestand. |
I don't know how to get into the psychology of the thing. Generally, the more guys that are hitting, the easier it is for everybody to hit. |
I don't necessarily think you can separate the two, ... When you come into a game with a big lead, absolutely the worst thing you can do is to walk guys. That's the only time I'd yell from the dugout - whey they walked somebody. So when you get behind a hitter in that situation, it's more likely a ball catches too much plate. |
I don't necessarily think you can separate the two. When you come into a game with a big lead, absolutely the worst thing you can do is to walk guys. That's the only time I'd yell from the dugout - whey they walked somebody. So when you get behind a hitter in that situation, it's more likely a ball catches too much plate. |
I don't think anybody really remembers getting on that plane, |
I don't think he had a meaningless RBI, |
I don't think he wants [to give] the idea that he was sitting there waiting to get somebody's job, |
I don't think he wants [to give] the idea that he was sitting there waiting to get somebody's job. |
I don't think it's unorthodox. Whenever he does something it's just aggressive and makes good sense. I really respected him (as the manager) in Milwaukee. ... If they have a chance to win, he'll make sure (his players) are in the right place. |
I don't think the pitch to Ensberg was all that bad. I didn't see the replay. He had good enough stuff. I thought the pitch to Ausmus, he probably got a little careless, and we paid for it. He retired six guys. He had good enough stuff to do it, he just didn't get it done. |