They gave him a standing O (ovation) when he went out onto the field the next inning. |
They really do. It makes everyone sit back and think, 'Maybe I didn't do everything I could to win that day.' And maybe it makes a guy do a little soul-searching to check and see whether there's something he can do on a particular day to help. So it is needed. |
This is a different team, with a different attitude. One of the first things skipper did after the game was to say 'so what'. He told us to have a good off day, then come back and try to whip them on Wednesday. It's not like the last few years. There's no pressure on us, and no one is pushing the panic button. |
This one right here showed me he has some guts. He impressed me more in this start than he has in a long, long time. |
To be honest with you, with that same effort, that same game that we put together right there, we'll still beat a lot of people with that. |
Tonight, it looked like a fastball, ... and as soon as you swung, the bottom dropped out of it. |
We aren't feeling sorry for ourselves -- we play hard every day. But the last couple of weeks have been rough. It seems like we can't catch a break. |
We didn't do enough damage for the fans. |
We have a different agenda this year, and it's not harping on negatives. That starts with the skipper. |
We stunk. I've got nothing else to say. |
We were doing so well in the first half of the season, |
We're the ones who have to perform. It's only his responsibility to prepare us, but once we take that field, it's up to us. |
What can I say, |
What can I say. We can't win. Not right now. |
When you treat guys like you're in Little League, they're not going to rally around you like you might want them to. If I took a bad swing, I know I took a bad swing. I don't need to hear about it from everybody. |