We want to produce as much as anybody else. It gives us a boost, no doubt about it. When we're hitting, there's a lot more pressure on the pitcher. Plus, we're adding on, which is something that we haven't done as much as we'd like to. |
When you've got one of the best closers in all of baseball protecting a three-run lead, you feel pretty good about things, |
Whenever you've got your pitcher out there throwing strikes, you've got to come up with some big plays sometimes to help the pitchers out. |
You never know when you're going to get the opportunities. It's nice to have some fall in whenever guys are out there [on base]. |
You realize that baseball isn't your life any more. It's part of it, it's not your life. That's one of the biggest changes I've gotten from it. |
You'd love to have seen him hit a home run right there, or get a big hit. But that's the way the game goes sometimes. |