(If he stays) healthy, he'll hit 30 homers (this year). |
Anytime you have someone that gets that kind of jump on the ball and can cover as much ground as Mike does, it's a bonus. Anytime the ball is hit in the air, you know it has a good chance of being caught. |
Barry kept his hands back. That's why he's the second-best hitter in the game, behind me. |
Bases loaded, no outs, [with the] 4-5-6 hitters coming up, it was good to get through that [with only one run], ... I was sick and tired of things not working out. I was consistent, able to hit my spots. |
Bottom line is: You have to do your job no matter what the situation, ... And I wasn't able to get that done. |
Everybody's taking every at-bat together, throwing every pitch together. It's so important to finish strong. We've been playing better as of late. It's been a crazy season for a lot of us, and now we've got the last little push. |
He stayed in tune and had a good thought process out there, and his defense was very good. |
I felt like I never could make a pitch to stop a big inning, where in the past I was able to do that. It just seemed like nothing went right. |
I felt pretty good, kind of a strange night. Being wild like that didn't give them any time to lock in on me. Usually five walks in six innings is a problem for me, but I was able to get out of jams. I would have rather given up a hit than all those walks. |
I just think things should work in our favor as far as the home-field advantage tomorrow, |
I know that we're better than what we showed. We faced a lot of adversity and we were able to come back. Unfortunately, we didn't show ourselves too well in this series. |
I like pressure, ... I can't say there's anything different [that] I do. You just know the importance of the games now. It's getting easier to concentrate. |
I missed over the plate too often last year. |
I'd rather go hunting with Dick Cheney than go riding with Ted Kennedy! |
I'm pleased with the way things went tonight, ... I made a few mistakes and the one guy hit it out of the ballpark, but for the most part, I did what I wanted to do. |