The players know me, ... If all of a sudden I change into something different, they're going to know that. We've had a lot of success. |
The reality is it's still in our hands. We have to play four real good games against the Angels. If we take three of four we're still two back and then we'd need help. We'd still be breathing, but we'd need help. We'll shoot all our bullets to try and win that game (Monday) and worry about the next day when we get there. |
The season-ticket one with Crosby was a good one. |
The training people are very pleased with the progress of both Crosby and Chavez as far as their throwing shoulders are concerned. Chavez has been throwing a lot, and says he feels great. Crosby felt good throwing. We're just going to take our time with that. We'll stretch them out a little farther. |
The Yankees fired Billy Martin and hired him back five days later, |
Their guy pitched a good game. He didn't walk anyone, he moves his fastball around, he can sink it, he can cut it, and he doesn't leave it up in the zone. Through it all we had some chances to score some runs, but they got that big double play, and that was it. |
There shouldn't be a sense of panic. He has the chance to impact the game with his bat but not if he doesn't cover the outside corner with his swing. |
there was a compromise. |
There was a little debate whether to send him out there that eighth inning. |
There was no panic in the dugout (when the Yankees took a 4-0 lead in the third). I said last year that the makeup of this team was tremendous. We have basically the same players with a couple of additions. They bounce back pretty well. Just because we got beat up in one game doesn't mean they're going to fold up. |
There was one time the other day he threw a guy out at second it was the best I've seen him throw in two years. I also like the way he's swinging the bat — with a little authority behind it. |
There were no negotiations, ... Their offer was basically a take-it-or-leave-it deal, so that's that. ... Billy said he wasn't budging from his first offer. |
There were some positives to draw out of that game, too. We've lost some games in a row here, but this is a good team, and these guys don't quit. We'll be fine. |
There were times last season when Eric might have been trying to do too much; that's probably why his walks were down [from 95 in 2004 to 58 in 2005]. With Bradley and a healthy Crosby in there, I think Eric's going to do fine. He's an All-Star-type player in his prime. |
There's a lot of games where you sit in here and do nothing, |