[The doctor] said definitely the ALCS if we get that far. He said 3 1/2 weeks, but he said we're going to try to push for that first playoff round. |
A lot of times, you don't know what a guy has, but it can kind of work both ways. Today, it worked in his favor. |
Boomer is one of the best pitchers to play in this game, ever. It's going to be good to have him back out there and competing and having him get guys off-balance --going out there and just doing what Boomer does well. |
For me, it's not as strange. Johnny's a good friend of mine. You know what's strange? When you look down the locker room and you realize all the guys you played with the past couple years are kind of gone. You got new players and personalities you have to get used to and deal with. |
Getting that big lead for (Schilling) helps. Sometimes it hurts a pitcher, too. They get a big lead, they take a little bit off. They don't have the edge. Curt did a good job with that tonight. He pitched really well, and, hopefully, he keeps going on a roll. |
Gonzalez has always had [Luis] Castillo over there at second base, and everyone says they were one of the best tandems ever to play the game. From what I see, anyone with Gonzalez is going to be [good]. He's got great hands, great footwork and is an all-around great shortstop. |
He just said he's having fun just playing ball. He likes New York City and he's just having a good time. He says he misses Boston a little bit. He misses the fans. |
He looks good. I just hope he comes back to form and has a good attitude. Last year he got a little crazy with being injured. Sometimes it drives people nuts. That's what hurt him. It's depressing. I'd have to go see a psychiatrist if I was on the DL for that long. |
He was throwing his off-speed real well, changeups, curveballs. This is a fastball-hitting team. You?re not going to get too many fastballs by this team. He basically threw his off-speed well and spotted up his fastball when he needed to spot up his fastball. |
Hopefully it will be ready as soon as possible. The doctors said hopefully we can get it ready for pretty much the first playoff games. |
I don't know how the fans could have been louder. It's great. I was soaking it all up in the ninth inning. It was like the World Series. |
I don't think there was anyone breathing in that dugout when he dove for the ball. |
I got to 2-2 and he threw me that slider down in the dirt. I didn't think he wanted bases loaded with Wily Mo [Pena] up. I was looking fastball and pounded it into left. |
I guess I'm in a trivial pursuit question. It's really weird. |
I have a lot of confidence in my teammates that they'll get us (to the playoffs). Hopefully, I'll have the chance to help out. |