I think his swing looks like it did a couple years ago. He'd make a whole lot of noise when he hit the ball. |
I think it's great. I'm glad they're cleaning up the sport. I don't like it that anything can be tainted with an illegal substance. It's just going to make the playing field a little more level. |
I think that's going to be our trademark - to do anything and everything it takes to win games. There's a lot of ways to accomplish that, and I expect to see us use them all. |
I was battling absolutely as hard as I could. A pitcher would rather have a rocket hit off him than have someone stand up there and keep fouling off pitches. That's frustrating for a pitcher. He thinks this is the pitch and you foul it off. I know as a catcher I got frustrated. ... I think it was a great opportunity for a hit, a walk, anything. Once I was three, four minutes into the at bat, I'm thinking 'I have to get on base some way. |
I would like this (regime) to stick. That's just luck of the draw. You can't blame it all on (the managers). You can't blame it all on us. There's fault everywhere. We had plenty to do with us losing, too. |
I would rather have that ball had hit me in the face and stayed in the infield. |
I've always said the lack of hitting is contagious when you're losing -- like it becomes contagious like today when everyone's hitting. |
If you have leadership from the top it trickles down into the clubhouse. If not, it's gonna be an issue. (But) we're fine this year. It's not even on the radar. |
If you're focused on places you want to be down the road, you're not focusing on the task at hand. |
It felt good, I think it gave us a spark, |
It really feels good to have everybody here. We're all looking forward to this season and now we're ready to go. |
It was a pretty intense moment. I thought for sure it was broken. I went over to the mound to look at him. He was in an extreme amount of pain. That ball came off the bat very quickly. |
It's all a matter of confidence. I think it took us taking two out of three against Boston (last week) for us to realize we could be a really good team. |
It's attention well-deserved. He's performing every day like he's been in the big leagues all his life. |
It's not the same fastball he used to throw. But he's smart enough to mix 'em up. |