It's a World Series atmosphere, and it's like this every day. In spring training, we were playing against teams people really don't follow and every place announced a new attendance record. |
It's not envy. It's nice to see an owner care as much about winning as the coaches and players. |
It's not his fault the season ended. When you get into a groove like that, you don't want the season to stop. You want to keep swinging. |
It's one thing to do it when your team is 20 games back. He did it under pressure, in a playoff race. That's what really impressed me. |
Joe tries to surround himself with good people. He relies on his staff. And yet, when there's a tough decision to be made, he makes it. |
Just try to keep your head above water until the boys get back. It's as simple as that. |
Larry then comes charging at me screaming, 'What did I f--- do?' ... Larry then gets in my face and says, 'Do you know what you f--- are? ...' |
Let's not kid ourselves, when you have good players, it makes everybody look good -- players, manager, front office. The other thing is depth. That's what big payroll teams have. If they lose somebody, they've got somebody else. They don't go down to their farm system. That's a big difference. |
No, not at all. Whoever replaces Joe Torre has got their hands filled. He's probably been as good a manager as there's ever been in baseball for a long, long time. My thoughts right now are coaching third base for the Yankees in 2006. |
One thing that stands out to me is how Nick and Derrek handle themselves, how respectful they are. They're a refreshing rarity. The game can use guys like this. |
Our offense is centered around power, |
That was a terrible call. A terrible call, |
The Yankees are one of those unique organizations. All I'm thinking about is winning another World Series. That's it. |
The Yankees had to fight all year to get in. When you're fighting all year and fighting all year, it wears you out a little bit. |
There was a time he thought he could hit every pitch. He finally started laying off pitches up by his eyes and was hitting a lot of line drives. It was great to see. |