All in all, I'm proud of the way the guys played. The guys played hard all the time, and I think they appreciated the opportunity that they had. |
He did well. The game could have got out of hand. When he struck out Bannon and Jorgensen, that proved to be the difference in the game. |
I really didn't expect a whole lot of offense at 9:30 in the morning from either side. |
I sure wish we could have got the win for (starter Dave) Borkowski (yesterday), just like I wish we could have got the win for (Tony) Fiore (Saturday). Both those guys have been very reliable for us from the standpoint that they haven't missed a start and they've given us a lot of quality starts. |
I thought he had a nice, loose arm. He pitched down in the strike zone with his fastball. Like I've said, he's something to work with. |
I told (Val) to come up here with a first base glove because what I'd like to do is get him playing once a week at first base and also some right and left field. I think it'll help his situation for the future to go to the big leagues as a possible first baseman. I'll try and help him out a little bit by moving him around. |
I was reading the throw. He would have been out. |
It been awhile since the last time John has pitched, so I would expect John to pitch a whole lot better his next time out. |
It's not pleasant for anybody to play in this weather, but you've got to do what you've got to do. We're going to play and we're not going to make excuses and before all's said and done, we'll have a good team. |
Overall, getting out of the gate with good starting pitching like we've gotten ... we've seen some really good performances out of some people. |
The game is such once you stop (running), you can't start again. You can't fault him for being aggressive. |
The guys behind Kurt made some very good plays. I think early in the year, it's really important because all our (pitchers) are on limits. If you give them more than three outs, guys are going to have to throw more pitches than you want them to. |
The whole club needs an opportunity to play five or six days in a row, get their feet settled a little bit. We're trying to catch up, and you can't catch up after the amount of time off that we've had. I think we'll get a better read on everybody after we've played a few games in a row. |
This is certainly not the kind of start we wanted or expected. But we'll deal with it and we'll become better because of it. |
We just didn't make very good pitches in key situations. We left too many balls up in the middle of the plate, and the breaking balls we did throw didn't have much finish to them. |