It's unfortunate, but that's how society is today. They want to see the big man fall. |
Maybe the Yankees fans should be mad at (Bagwell). I didn't do anything. I was just a dumb rookie when he said, 'I don't like that song. We're changing it.' ... He came and told them, and so that's what they played. |
My strength is his strength. |
New York can be an intimidating place if you let it. I don't know if I could have done this four years ago. I don't think I was tough enough to handle it. But I've been through a lot, and I know I can handle myself here. It's not like I got traded here and didn't want to come. I came here because I wanted to come here. |
Not the way we planned it. |
One thing we don't want to do in emergency management or in the weather service is to go backwards. And I can guarantee you this is a step backwards. |
Protecting a 3-2 lead in front of a packed house, it's tough. |
Right now, we're very confident. We're not letting one loss turn into two. |
Sometimes it's good to just be thrown into the fire, Did he even know it? |
That's just how it's always worked out. That's who I am. |
The guy who has stood out as being special is Howard. You don't walk in and just replace Jim Thome, but you can't possibly do any better than he has. |
The Mets are trying to win a World Series. I felt like this was the right place to be. |
The only thing I can think of is that they had nothing to lose and he wanted to keep him out there. |
There are a lot of things you don't do, taking one step back to take one forward. You're just standing still. The Mets seem to be moving forward. |
There's not a lot going wrong. There's just not a lot going right. |