[Fifteen-game winner Mark Mulder had six assists in a recent win over the Mariners.] I just figure I'll be a hockey goalie when the season is done, ... There's got to be a rink in Arizona where I can sign up. |
[Mulder, using his splitfinger fastball in place of his malfunctioning changeup on Sept. 6, 2000, threw six innings and allowed two earned runs - both on solo home runs - as the Athletics defeated the Red Sox 6-4. The split has been key since.] I came back with that in 2001, and it was my money pitch, ... It became so much more because the more I threw it, the more comfortable with it I became. And then I started throwing it harder, and it started moving a little more. |
[The Cardinals are] good, but if we play the game the way we can, we can compete with anybody. |
A couple of them were hit hard, but they just weren't hit where somebody was. That's why it's spring training. |
A lot of people thought I didn't like St. Louis. I loved it. Don't get me wrong. I loved Oakland. But the year I had in St. Louis - with the fans, the city and the baseball atmosphere - was so much fun. What could be better than that? It's a great team moving into a new stadium. I can't say enough about the situation. |
Anytime you get a chance to pitch a game like this it's always a good time as long as you do well, ... It's nice to finally clinch and have a chance to contribute. |
At first, I was looking for the ball, ... And then I realized how bad it hurt. It got a little tighter each inning. . . . But once the inning started, the adrenaline took over. |
Coming from the Coliseum in Oakland to Busch, it's nice to be finally playing in a new place. |
Compared to what it was yesterday, it's 100 per cent better, but it's still not good enough. I still can't quite look far enough to pick up the catcher. |
Compared to what it was yesterday, it's 100 percent better, but it's still not good enough. I still can't quite look far enough to pick up the catcher. |
Everybody here has a lot of respect for him and what he's done in his career. To win a game like this, as important as it is, against a guy like that, it's a tough game. But we did a good job. |
Everybody would be lying if for one minute - one second - you didn't think, 'All right, it looks like we're going home,' ... But all of a sudden, (David) Eckstein gets a knock ... |
Everyone was making such a big deal about when we would clinch. Now we can concentrate on moving on to the playoffs, |
Going around second, I really didn't feel anything. I was just trying not to smile or laugh running around the bases, because I wanted to. It was a cool experience, but I'm sure there's probably not a good chance of that happening anymore this year. |
He's got the perfect makeup for it. People don't understand how much different it is from starting. You go out there with one pitch. And if you get beat with it, you're expected to come back the next night and do it with the same pitch. |