He'd do little things that irritate guys. Even now when he's on your team, you still see that. You think that's fun because he's on your team. |
He's outgoing. He's never in his office, ... Some managers are stuck in their office and don't socialize with everyone else. He's out here joking around, laughing, keeping everyone loose. I think it starts with him, as far as keeping our team loose. |
Hey, Buehrle. I'm stealing signs. |
I could have went a couple more [innings]. But I don't know — they originally said I was going to go back, and once that inning lasted so long, they had the bullpen ready. My thinking was I was going to go back out there for one more. |
I couldn't stand him when he was on the other team. |
I don't think anybody expected us to do what we did this year. But we're here, and we did it. We would have liked to clinch a month ago, but we're able to now, and that's all that matters. |
I don't think anybody expected us to play as well as we did in the first half all year long. We knew we were going to go in a little funk. We just had to hold it to a minimum. We would have liked to clinch about a month ago, but we're here and that's all that matters. |
I don't think they're as good offensively as Boston is, ... Obviously every guy in that lineup can hurt you. I've got to go out there and throw up more zeroes. |
I had real good rhythm out there. As usual the guys made all the plays behind me. The key to the game was beating Santana. That's something we were unable to do for almost two years. |
I hung the ball the first couple of innings. Location-wise I didn't have it. |
I keep hearing stuff that my arm is hurt and I'm injured. I don't know where this is coming from, but I feel fine. |
I knew I had to settle down. I knew we wouldn't score a lot off Burnett. |
I like to get out in the woods as much as I can to get my mind away from baseball and kind of get away from everything. It's nice to get out there and listen to everything, the wildlife and the smells. |
I really can't say I had playoff experience. Now being in the majors five years consecutively (as a starter), I think just being out there on the mound and being in pressure situations help. |
I think I was more nervous yesterday sitting on the bench. Obviously, when I woke up this morning I was really nervous. Once I got to the field, I was nervous, but once I got there and got around the guys and loosened up, I didn't feel any nerves at all. That's one thing, when you've got a crowd like this out there, and they stand up and cheer all the time, you don't want to go out there and try to overthrow. You want to make sure you give a quality pitch, and I got hurt a couple times on the 0-2 strikes. |