We've got to see if we can get something going from the little funk we're in. Obviously, we've picked a bad time to go into a little swoon and it's hurting us. |
We've still got a lot to learn about each other, a lot to learn about winning. It just feels good to get that first year out of the way. It feels good knowing coming into this camp that you know your personnel better and feel more comfortable with what you expect. |
Well, get this guy here, |
When pitchers pitch good games, I believe in giving them the opportunity to win. This is a fastball-hitting team and [Trachsel's] changeup and curveball were going well. He had plenty of rest and his pitch count was good. |
When the Mets first signed him, they signed him to do these things. I wasn't here last year, but obviously, they signed him to be an impact player, both offensively and defensively. |
When we saw him in Spring Training, we knew he had some thunder in his hands. But he's been really good for us all year. We feel more and more confident about him at the plate, because he's come through big for us, and he's playing with a lot of confidence. Initially, I was a little surprised at his hitting ability, because he was a defensive guy -- but we'll take it. |
When you don't get calls, then you don't pitches where you want them to be. But overall he pitched pretty well. |
When you're in the heat of something, you go with what you've got or what you trust, OK? |
When you're playing the Braves, you can feel good going in but not too good going out. |
Winning like we did ... it might have proved something to the Phillies. But that doesn't matter as much as proving it to ourselves. Coming back is the best way to go. A 'we-can-do-it moment.' Yeah, I like that. Because we can do it. |
Winning the first game of the series doesn't mean anything if we don't win the next two, or one of the next two. |
With our 4-5-6 hitters coming up, I'm not sending him. I don't second-guess myself. I just react to what I see. |
You bring so much more to the table with all those tools. Unless he's really setting himself back, that's part of being a professional athlete. We didn't want him to run through a wall or anything like that, but ... he might hit a three-run homer to win a ballgame. |
You can't expect to win games against tough teams if you don't execute. |
You don't know what to expect when someone goes through something like that, |