[Dribblers: Flores said Sacramento's charge into the playoffs was fueled by a dominant starting rotation, but the River Cats are heading for the postseason on fumes. Starters Dan Meyer, Seth Etherton, Ryan Glynn and John Rheinecker are all currently injured. ... Orioles outfielder Eric Byrnes, who was traded from the A's in July, snapped an 0-for-15 slide against his former team Friday night with a bunt single in the seventh inning.] First bunt single of my career, ... Desperate measures for desperate times. If the situation calls for it, I'll do it again, too. |
At the last second, I heard Luis call for it. It's tough to get out of the way, but that's my job. I screwed up. |
Believe it or not, I'm walking on air ... |
He's a good pitcher that's got electrifying stuff. He throws in the upper 90s and has an unbelievable slider. I think he's a great pickup for us. I'm very excited to have him. |
I go all out. And I'm going to bring that to the table every day, in good times and bad times. |
I'm happy to see the union come together. We really need to clear up the public perception of what's going on, |
I've never even been there. I just know there's a lot of room out there. [But] the way I look at things though the more room the better. I think I'm at my best when I'm running after balls and letting my speed make up for a wrong step that I might make now and then. |
In the case of Orlando and me, we're just being ourselves. I think that's important. Regardless, we're going to have fun and we're going to be entertaining. We're very lucky to be doing what we're doing. I think it's definitely going to create a relaxed atmosphere. |
It's not even close. I can't get that many words in that quickly. |
We're not exactly the team that we were a couple of years ago. |
We've gone through some times this year where we haven't had some guys produce a whole lot of runs. There's a reason we rank where we are, offensively. I know there weren't a lot of monster years put up, but it seems like this is a good baseball team, and we can score some runs. |
What, you've got to be kidding me. Wow. I don't know what to tell you. |
When I get on the field, it's just going to be another game, ... You get out there and it's just baseball. |
When people talk about streaks like that, it's more than just physically being able to do it, day-in and day-out, |
You have to be good , you know? You have to have your manager feel that he needs to put you in the lineup every day. That's Hall-of-Fame good. And Miggy's that good. |