A game like this has to give a young team like ours confidence, |
Getting away from it all was nice. I'm looking forward to a fresh start. |
He doesn't give you anything twice. It's a guessing game with him and, today, I was always guessing wrong. |
He doesn't throw anything twice in the same spot. It's like a guessing game, and we were guessing wrong today. |
He never threw to the same spot twice, never threw the same pitch twice. You go up there just trying to put the ball in play. |
Heck, it was an honor just to face someone like him, |
Heck, it was just an honor just to face someone like him. All I was hoping to do was make contact against him and hope something good happened. I wouldn't have dreamed I'd have three extra-base hits off him. |
I can't take any more chances with that. It's no fun. Usually, if you get hit there, you miss a day or two with the swelling and the pain. |
I didn't want the break. I want to play as much as possible. |
I know my role on the team is coming off the bench, but I can definitely see myself as an everyday player. Hopefully that will come in the future, but I know my role. |
I told him to keep his head up, to get in the weight room and do whatever he could do. Once you get that far down, it's hard to come out of it. Jack wants to do so well. To see what he went through was difficult. |
It has something to do with coming to the field every day knowing I'm going to be in the lineup, ... I know I don't have to go 3 for 3 every day so I'll make the lineup the next day. |
It's his stuff. He doesn't throw any pitch twice. It's kind of like a guessing game out there. I know I was guessing wrong. |
Jim Tracy has a history of using all of his players. I know I'm going to get my chances to help this club. |
Last year I was hitting mostly soft singles, ... This year I've got my swing back, and I'm hitting with authority. I've always been able to put the ball in play, and I've never seen myself as a small guy (he's 5-10, 188 lbs). |