Nobody's ever had the nerve to say to me, 'You stink' or you had a bad year. ... But I've seen it in the papers. Not in those words ... but that obviously comes from higher up. That's out of my control and that hasn't bothered me, but unfortunately it bothered, uh, I still (think) it's (why) we lost Zimmer. After all, I almost got fired in the midseason. I don't know (how close it was). I only know what was said and (written), but I would assume it was probably pretty close. |
Nothing I would like more than (to) sit down 30 minutes for a conversation with him. He'd probably understand how I feel. That won't happen. |
Overall, he threw well. We couldn't ask for too much more than what he did. We wanted him to go 80 pitches, and that's what he had through five. He felt good and wanted to continue, but we've still got to protect him a little bit. |
Sometimes you have to satisfy two separate groups of people, and it shouldn't be that way. It should be you should just have to satisfy one group. Something needs to be done to have everybody always on the same page. |
That's a huge number. We went through a lot this season. This one, without question, is the sweetest. This one means a lot to me. |
The bottom end of our rotation has a chance to be tremendous. |
The league's hitting .193 off Eddie. He's been great for us all year, ... You saw tonight, he's down to 87-88 (mph). He's been 91-93 in the past. |
They worked real hard at that, ... Jorge Posada does a great job. It's been a two-way thing. (The pitchers) are very conscious of their running game. It doesn't mean they're not going to get stolen bases, but we've kept them from running wild. |
They worked real hard at that. Jorge Posada does a great job. It's been a two-way thing. (The pitchers) are very conscious of their running game. It doesn't mean they're not going to get stolen bases, but we've kept them from running wild. |
This isn't a spur of the moment decision. I made it in late May. |
We're gonna win this. I want you to be rested for your start [scheduled for the following night]. Get out of here now and get your sleep. |
We're not out of this thing. We're hopefully going to go get two from Billings and see what happens, |
You can do anything you want. |
You've got to stop them right there, |
You've seen the way the club played at the end of the year. A lot of other clubs with similar problems that we had and that sort of thing, the individuals he has to deal with here, a lot of other teams would have collapsed. A lot of people think we collapsed; we just got beat by a better team. |