We're not quitting, that's for sure. We've been in every single game and we've had a chance to win every single game. |
We're not sitting here talking about it today if it had remained [in the clubhouse]. It was made public. A lot of information and feelings were expressed. |
We're obviously still very much alive. We're fractured, yet we continue to play competitive baseball. |
We're only two turns through the rotation. I don't think it's to the point where you start changing your pitchers yet. |
We're playing real well. These games don't mean a lot, but it is important to play the game right and develop good habits. I told our guys to remember how it feels to play the game right. |
We're scratching surfaces and laying the general framework. Things aren't going to change dramatically other than the fact that we'll be more detailed-oriented, and a few extra steps will be taken along the way. |
We're seeing some of these guys beginning to escalate themselves in the direction that you want to see them going. |
We're talking about a catcher. Squatting, up and down out of the crouch, runners going, boom, the impact of landing. ... It doesn't make any sense to push it. |
We're to the point where you'd like to see some improvement. I don't really think we'll see any improvement from him sitting on the sideline. |
We've always had trouble with him. |
We've given him a substantial role due to some situations that've come up, ... and he's responded very well. |
We've got a tremendous amount of baseball to play in 2006. If you get effort like that every night from that group of players, things are going to get going here and we're going to be all right. |
We've got to find opportunities for them. I don't want to see either of them sit for any period of time and not participate. We can't let these guys sit for days on end and then ask them to do something special in the seventh or eighth inning. |
We've had a few like this. The record may suggest differently, but when you look at the games we've played, we've had our fair share of games like this. |
We've never quit. We just need to come back here tomorrow and try to turn this thing around. |