And none of the gory stuff. |
At least it's Atlanta, my hometown. I'm excited about that. I've always wanted to play for them. I hate leaving here. At least I'm going to Atlanta. They're in first place and contention. |
But when he does say something, you better listen. He scared me to death as a kid, scared all of us (referring to his five siblings, two brothers and three sisters). He laid down some pretty strict rules and you obeyed them or else. |
Change is always good, ... I had been [in the Cubs organization] for 10 years. I have no regrets about anything that I did there. I had fun there, and the people were great -- same thing with Detroit. Sometimes, it's just eventually time to change the scenery. |
Five outs away. Can't really do anything about that one. That was a snowball going straight down. |
He's just pretty much left me alone and let me do my thing, |
I didn't really have a lot of options. I wanted to sign with the Cubs, but I knew I had to prove myself. That was a big year for me. |
I loved that kind of discipline. It would've suited me well if I didn't play baseball. |
I thought about it out there. |
I threw him a fastball up and away, ... He just put the bat on the ball. It was there, and he hit it. There's nothing you can do about it. |
I told Bobby [Cox] I could go two innings today and I felt fine. This is just a game of inches. That Ausmus home run barely cleared the line. |
I told Bobby, 'If you need me to go two innings, I can go two,' ... He did what he had to do. It's one of those things. It happens. |
I wasn't much of a pitcher. I had a live arm, that was about it. |
I'm ready for it. The easy thing would have been to stay with the Braves, it was so close to home. But I wanted to be here in this atmosphere. |
It was a great game today. It was just a matter of whoever got the best break to win it in the end. |