It's painful. I've been playing with it for a few weeks now, ... could be gone, or it's something we might have to deal with for a little bit. |
Just try not to think about it. It's a tough situation. You don't wish it on anybody. |
Now fans are going to be forced to watch the best teams in the game. |
Obviously, it's time. You see what the other new parks have done for the cities involved. It's definitely something we're looking forward to. |
Right now I believe there's just, on the L-5 disc, a slight tear, real tiny, |
That we're a good team. It's a great experience for anybody to be involved in something like this. It just doesn't come around too often. Fortunately we have an opportunity to get back where we were last year, and that's our mission. |
That's how we try to play. We try not to make mistakes. If you're going to beat us, you're going to have to hit. But when you jump out on teams like that, it's tough. We've all been there, but that's hard to come back from. We jumped out on them in Game 1, and just kind of kept it going. |
That's our mission. We've got to get back there and try to win the thing. That's what it's all about. |
That's the first time I've seen him and I was very impressed. That was the only chance I really had to get something out over the plate and hit. ... He's got great stuff. |
The last thing we want to do is give these guys life to get back in the series. |
The way he works is phenomenal, between him and [Game 2 starter Mark] Mulder and [Matt] Morris, they get out there and throw. Defensively, we're not on our heels, ever. If people could see that, and other pitchers can understand what that means to us defensively, it's a huge lift. |
The way he works is phenomenal. Between him, (Mark) Mulder and (Matt) Morris, they get up there and throw it and it shows. We're not on our heels ever. |
There's a lot more to it than just winning the division. |
This is a team that strives to do the little things. When we do it out there, like we did tonight, it just looks so good. |
This is something where you mess with the core of your (body), your back, it's tough. I don't know how effective I would be out there today or yesterday because the pain there just shocks your whole body. I've never had something like that before. The last few days it's been constant. |