You always want to represent your country, but I wouldn't be ready. |
You still have to get the final out. That's the most important out. This time it didn't come. It was a broken bat, but it was a single. That's what counts. |
You're trained to do that. You don't want it to happen, but if it does, you're ready for it. |
[Rivera threw Damon 10 pitches, all of them cut fastballs with the intent of breaking in toward the lefthanded hitter.] I didn't want to give him anything so he can get a little blooper or something like that, ... I won't be able to sleep tonight. |
[When Rivera came in, the place roared.] I love that, because it helps us, ... I'll be ready for [tonight]. Definitely. If I have to go two [more innings], I'll go two. |