By giving him today off, perhaps he'll be at full strength tomorrow. Hopefully we'll get him on the mound and see how he is. |
Cuddyer killed us all year. He was pretty much a one-man wrecking crew. |
Cuddyer killed us all year. He was pretty much a one-man wrecking crew. We just have to regroup and get this past us. |
Dan did a tremendous job for us. He took us into the ninth. He had the ball sinking and had good movement. It's a shame for him pitching as well as he did. |
Duke can and will do a little bit of everything. He's extremely valuable because he can take the ball in any situation. |
Either way, it's a good situation. We have quality options no matter what happens. |
Ellis did such a great job leading off last year, he's probably going to be the first to give it a try. |
Emotions were running high on both sides. Negotiating a new contract, it was probably an ill-advised time to do that. It would have been better to say we'll talk in a week. Everybody was aware of how I felt about the team, the players. My desire to come back was high. |
Especially early in the year, some of our young [pitchers] didn't give Jason a lot of help. We improved quite a bit over the course of the season, but it's still something we'll be emphasizing down here. |
Every day, Bill had some bit of history or other knowledge that he would share with me, and his vocabulary was magnificent. Every day, I learned something. I tried to suck up as much of it as I could. Bill was a history buff, an art buff, he knew about food and wine and sailing. And baseball-wise, he kept up with everything. He's a Hall of Fame guy, to me. |
Every win is big. Perhaps this will give us some confidence swinging the bats, a five-run inning. It's a tremendously challenging road trip for us. We'll have to score some runs on this road trip. |
Everybody is going to talk about that. To me, if you take this whole series and put it all together, they are five great games. Five great games. It's a tremendous series. |
Everyone's been winning every game. So we have to go out and win every game. That's what it appears like, anyway. |
Everything would have to go perfect. And I know that everyone's heard that before, and it hasn't gone perfect. |
Frank sought me out (Wednesday) and said he felt great. When Frank says he feels great, he plays. I don't want to fatigue him, though. We have a late arrival in Seattle, so there's a good chance Frank won't be in there (Thursday). |