(The Daily News report is) just someone trying to stir something up and cause a problem who was flat-out lying in the paper. |
[Football is] definitely more popular. People follow it more. A lot of guys, even in this room, will plan their Sundays around football. |
[Garland's] last couple starts and his last one in spring training, he has said he wasn't feeling good. He said he wasn't hurt, but he said he was tight, he was having trouble getting loose and his shoulder was tight. Consequently, his ball wasn't sinking as much. That's his pitch, and it was taking a lot of work to get it up there. |
[Garland] wasn't picking at the corners. It was more like, 'Here's my fastball, now put it in play.' That's what we need from him. It was like he just went out there and tried to start all over. |
[Hitting coach Greg] Walker showed us before the game that he gets most of his outs on inside pitches. We were looking for pitches out over the plate and looking to take them up the middle or the opposite way. |
As far as him quitting, I hope not, I'd like to come back here next year, but he has to do whatever's best for him, best for his family and best for his health. |
For us to play as well as we did, that was like the 're-turning point' in our year. We got back to being ourselves, and it's carried into the playoffs. |
Forget winning the World Series. I enjoyed playing baseball for the first time in a long time. |
He just tried to wipe the last two starts out, and he went out there and tried to start over. |
He still can be just as dominating when he wants to. I think sometimes now, when he makes a mistake, it may get hit a little bit more often, because he doesn't throw 98 or 99 now. But he's still a dominating pitcher. |
He won't know what he just did. |
He's always in the middle of any controversy, so it couldn't happen to a better guy because A.J. is used to it. He can handle it better than everyone. |
He's always in the middle of some kind of controversy, ... It couldn't have happened to a better guy. Because A.J. is used to it, so he can handle this better than anyone else on this team can. ... It's just fitting. If you're going to write a story and say who's going to be in that spot, it's going to be A.J. |
He's not as loose and happy go-lucky as he was but, hey, that's the way it is. When you're a manager, the team lives and dies on your decision and at the end of the day you have to answer for the way your team plays, |
He's not as loose and happy-go-lucky as he was but, hey, that's the way it is. When you're a manager, the team lives and dies on your decision and at the end of the day you have to answer for the way your team plays, ... As far as him quitting, I hope not, I'd like to come back here next year, but he has to do whatever's best for him, best for his family and best for his health. |