So that's how he wants to play it, huh? OK then. |
That's one heck of a long hitting streak. When I looked back after the season, it was like, 'Wow, that's 36 days of working to be successful, but he did it for 20 more games.' It's almost unimaginable that someone can even hit in that many games straight, but here I am across the halfway point. This is when it gets tough. |
That's what I'm here for, to hopefully do something special, something that hasn't been done in a long time. If that happens, that's fine. Everybody wants to be that man at least once in their career. If I have an opportunity to do that, I'm going to relish it. |
That's what matters most. You have to get on base and score runs, and it's nice to be doing it in the fashion I'm doing it in. The W's matter. |
That's what separates the men from the boys, what you do when crunch time is on. Though we didn't get to the playoffs, it was an important race. It brought a lot of attention to me and to the team. |
The man still has it. Tom Gordon still has it. |
The streak doesn't matter in the playoffs. Right now it's about getting that big trophy. |
There's no need to run around crazy. It's like pitchers. The first couple of weeks they're throwing all fastballs or working on stuff, then eventually they put it all together. So far I've been watching pitchers, trying to get the timing down. |
They came out focused, and you can see that from the first inning, ... It's a new game, a new day. |
This is definitely the most fun. I've never been in it where the last game counted. What's most important is going out there and winning [Sunday], then we'll hope we get a miracle in Houston. |
This is definitely what you play for. |
This is definitely what you play for. Everybody knows it's football season, but when you have a race like this, it's hard to turn around from it. |
Underdog, that's something that we've been accustomed to, playing in Philadelphia. We're always the underdog. |
We definitely knew Ryan Howard was a slugger. He's definitely proven that now that he's getting a chance to play. |
We know we have the talent to win. We know we can beat a lot of the teams we're going to face. |