There's a little lingering pain. You have to understand, it came off the bat of (coach) Lance Parrish. |
They can burst their confidence (with him) and send him down, or they can challenge the kid and see what they really have. |
They said they were building the lineup around me, so they wanted to keep me in the mix. We have some genuine, authentic, actual ballplayers. |
They've pumped Delmon Young ever since he was drafted in [2003]. They've been pumping B.J. Upton, and they've just been getting a little taste. For [those] two not to get called up [stinks]. ... At the same time, [Delmon] knows he did everything asked of him, and then he went above and beyond the call of duty. ... It doesn't make sense. |
Unbelievable, ... It was one of those trades like, 'Who knew?' Guys in the National League knew what he could do. |
We battled the White Sox three straight games and came up on the losing end. As for the Indians, they're always a good team. It was good for us to get this win tonight, especially for Mr. Rogers. |
We didn't make offensive changes. Pitching-wise, you bring in a legitimate front-line pitcher in Kenny Rogers and we got back one of our own from the beginning, Todd Jones, and more importantly, with the players that we had, we've got a staff that's going to be able to take us to the next level. |
We hit a wall, |
We need a donkey to go in between Bondo [Jeremy Bonderman] and [Mike] Maroth, ... An expensive donkey. Not a cheap labor donkey. Those guys are nice and there's one in the area where I live. I've been mentioning that name for two years. |
We went from three closers to none. |
When we have our cylinders going, we can hit with anybody. |
With the players that we have, we've got a staff that's able to take us to the next level. The final answer is what the manager's going to say. There's not going to be any other influences. We know that Jimmy Leyland is the captain of this ship. |
With the players we have, we've got a (coaching) staff that's going to be able to take us to the next level. |
You can always hit up Willie Horton for [hitting tips]. |