If you don't speak up, players are saying, 'You're giving in to this stuff? Are you going to go out?' So you go out and get more vocal about it. |
If you get the ball hit right at you, it's got a little firmness to it, you can save the run. He reacted because he's a smart defensive player. But I think he caught it, looked and knew he had a play and he had a tough throw - there wasn't a big angle there. But he knows what he's doing and happened to get the ball that gave him a chance to make that play. |
If you had a preference, obviously winning a game to get there is a dream come true. The Cubs have been tough on us all year long. And with Maddux going against us, you knew it was going to be a hellacious game, and it was. |
If you had your preference, obviously to win the game that gets us there is kind of a dream come true, ... The Cubs have just played us so tough all year long, and you have Maddux going against you, you knew it was going to be a hellacious ballgame. And it was. |
If you look at last year, we had Scott playing and he had some really big hits, but overall he was really banged up, he wasn't the same the last two months, ... This year we lost four regulars, three of them are boppers, and the guys that took their place did a terrific job of handling the bat, so we played a little different game. |
If you look at last year, we had Scott playing and he had some really big hits, but overall he was really banged up, he wasn't the same the last two months. |
If you return a lot of the strong nucleus, year to year, for two or three years, I think that'd be an exception. There's too many free agents, there are times money forces you to make decisions to not tender (contracts to) guys who all of a sudden become too expensive. You're trying to prioritize how to spend your money, and everybody faces it. |
If you take our core group of pitchers and players, they set an example where it's difficult for anybody who really wants to be part of our club to be anything less than that. They're that way every day, win or lose. It's a big help. |
If you throw the ball down the middle, they can hit one through the wind, which they've done a couple times both games. |
If you want a left-handed hitter in that position tomorrow, he's the starter. He's got a chance to start Wednesday or Thursday, or both. We'll see. |
If you were interested in talking about the game and trying to benefit from his experience, then he was willing to share it, |
If you're a scout and you see a guy who can swing like that you say, 'this is a guy with tools. But it's a real difficult thing to jump into. |
Imagine if this lead gets away from us. I would never show my face in this town again. That's the fear that drives you. |
In D.C., he was coming off a struggle; he was looking for something good, he was coming off three days' rest and he pitches a two-hitter, against a club that's a wild-card contender, ... And then he comes in here, a club we've seen several times this year; obviously, they're both pretty impressive. |
In my opinion, and I think Dave [Duncan, pitching coach] shares this, if we had Al Reyes healthy, then I think Jason would pitch Game 4 just because of the success he's had against Houston -- especially in that ballpark. But we don't have him healthy. And [Marquis] is a force that we think will help us out of the 'pen in a lot of games in an area where we may be a little vulnerable. |