He came in crying. The first trade always hurts. It hurts bad. But he's got to get over it. Hopefully he's going to have a great career in the National League. |
He located his fastball very well. When throw (the fastball) consistently, chances are you're going to go a long way in the game. |
He's anxious to get going. |
He's ecstatic. He's really looking forward to coming here. |
He's got a really good breaking ball. He's young. I love him. He's a good kid. He's got to stay away from that radar gun. He's got to stay ahead of hitters, that's what he's got to do. He's got great stuff, but he can't pitch from behind. I don't care how hard you throw, you can't do that. |
I don't know where this is going to go. We'll know more [today]. ... It's something that might have to be addressed in a hospital. |
I look at it this way, everybody wants to manage because it's the greatest job in baseball. But if you can't manage, being the bench coach of the Yankees is the best job in baseball. |
I'd rather have it come from me than him seeing it or reading it first, |
If you watched us in the last couple of weeks, you'll see that we are not hitting when we are supposed to and we are banged up. It's taken its toll. |
It's good to have him back. I think the guys in the clubhouse and the staff were really glad to see him. |
It's still stiff, so we'll see where he's at tomorrow. It's going to be day-to-day. |
Joe is the master in terms of dealing with people. But that has come with experience. He has a way about him now he may not have had before. |
Managing is the best job in baseball. And if you can't manage, then I've got the second-best job in baseball. |
The biggest difference is, I've walked in the manager's shoes now. I know what Joe wants, I know what he expects. |
The timing obviously is not good. We're going to have to make do right now. We're going to have to band together as a team and fight through it. |