Once again, when he did have some tough pitches to make, he continued to show the ability to make quality pitches when he needed to. |
One thing Jim always says is that we're not working for him; we're working with him. He's run a great camp. |
Our approaches were not good. Particularly against a guy with a 6-plus ERA. |
Over the past 15 years, it's been a wonderful ride, ... I'll always be a Pirate at heart. |
Particularly pitching in the eighth inning in meaningful games when it's all on the line. I'm extremely happy to have him and have his veteran leadership. He's done a fine job for us. |
Probably one of my darkest days through the whole ordeal was to see how they talked about Spin, who was very passionate and caring and really cared for that staff -- even to the point where he got my wrath when he was overprotective. It was tough to see those things said. |
Rick's been outstanding. When we signed Rick, I never envisioned that he would be as good as he's been. |
Sometimes you have to give credit where credit is due. But from an offensive standpoint, we just are not swinging the bats worth a dime. We had opportunities time and time again. We just couldn't put anything together. |
Sometimes, you have to give credit where it's due and, certainly, the young man threw the ball OK. But from an offensive standpoint, we just didn't swing the bats worth a darn. |
That's a miscommunication. In fact, Freddy did the right thing. |
That's a sign of a good pitcher -- when you can pick up your defense when they let you down. He didn't flinch. He just went about his business and continued to make pitches. |
That's the toughest thing about having to leave. I really looked forward to helping mold those kids into a winning team. |
The approach has got to change, |
The bad news is Zach twisted his ankle, but the good news is that's all he did to it. |
Their pitchers don't walk guys and their players catch the ball, ... They're playing with a lot of confidence. That's huge, particularly when you have the talent. |