(This) just gives more Yankee fans ammunition to hate me, so it's great. |
Actually, I thought I threw the ball decently. I just felt in good conscience I wasn't going to be able to turn it up to that next level. I'd say my velocity was anywhere from 92 to probably 96 mph. But that's not as consistent as I need to be to face the competition we're going to have. I couldn't in good conscience go out there and put myself into that situation. |
After you lose the first game of a series, the pressure is really on to win the next two. This team stepped up and focused and stayed consistent. |
And that's exciting when you know the resources and the things that they're capable of doing. |
As the inning went, I felt more comfortable throwing. |
Definitely coming from a different organization and taking a big step, I want to get comfortable and not be living out of a suitcase for the whole spring training and having my family do the same. It was a move that I felt was good for me and for my family. |
Dude, listen to me. You're the best. It happens to all of us. It'll happen again. You have to be able to deal with it. |
Eventually it was time to get back out there. It's been a wild week for me. A save, a blown save and a win. |
Every game is an end-of-the-world game. Our world looked pretty good tonight. |
Everybody wants to do these great stories about things that sound interesting, that could be really horrific to other people (who) really don't want to talk about (it). That's not something they think about a lot. |
Everybody's got soreness. Don't make no (stuff) up. |
Everyone wants him to break it, but everyone wants him to quit, too. He's the best thing going in baseball. |
Everything kind of favors us. We've got a great offensive presence when they step out there. You're throwing pretty much nine All-Stars at them. That's tough for any team to overmatch at times. |
First of all, we're going to stop using [the word] 'devastating' because it's not devastating. New Orleans is devastating. We have Florida coming in now. This is not the end of the world. I'll be out there. This team will be out there. And we'll play hard like we did [Wednesday]. |
Gerry is a solid baseball man. He knows what he's doing. |