One thing he brings is the experience he has, knowing the hitters. He's been around, so he knows how to pitch them, ... Once we get in a game situation, we'll get a better idea of how we both work. But that'll take some time. But I believe he knows what he's doing. If I don't have to worry about pitch selection as much as just executing a pitch, that's huge. |
Six innings, I guess you take it, ... The important thing is that we won the game. When you're in a long losing streak, it's important to squeeze one out, and that's what we did tonight. |
The 2-0 pitch to Guerrero I'd like back. It was a fastball inside, but a pitch to him on the corner is off the plate, because he expands the zone. The pitch I wanted to get in a little further than that. Even if he made an out there, I wanted to ball in a little bit further. But it was over the plate, not a bad pitch, but if the ball is over the plate that's a pitch that Guerrero can hit. I'd take that one back if I could. |
The 21-loss thing is probably always going to be mentioned next to my name, but I'm glad the focus is off of that. |
The bottom line is you go out there to win -- team wins, not individual wins. They've been helping me out. |
The outcome wasn't the best, but I was able to throw strikes and I felt great. |
There's been some ideas thrown around, whether from the players or from just the players' association. Some guys have already done certain things. Some guys have asked if we're going to do something as a team. There are a lot of people that do want to do something. |
This game's all about momentum. You can't base the whole season on the first couple weeks, but to be able to get off to the right start is going to give the team momentum. |
We got together and talked some things out. |
We ironed some things out. We got together and talked as a team. That has to be beneficial. |
We'll find out real soon. |
We're doing everything it takes to win. I'm definitely enjoying going to the ballpark every day. |
We've got a good offense. You can expect us to score runs. But there's going to be days where even the best hitting teams are going to get shut out. |
When you're going through a tough stretch, ... it seems like nothing goes your way. And it always seems like to break it, it takes just battling. And it's usually a game like tonight, when you squeak one out. We battled, made it through and put it behind us. |
With all the experience he?s had as a manager, he?s confident in the way he does things. |