Last year is over, 2005 is done. You can't stay in that year forever. |
Last year we put a lot of pressure on the opposing team because Pod was running. I think his groin is healthy and when he's healthy, we will run. |
Last year, he had some clutch hits. It's not easy to perform like he does when you play like once a month. |
Last year, we took a lot of heat in Chicago because they always say, |
Last year, we took a lot of heat in Chicago. Before I got the job, Jon never had the opportunity to go more than six, seven innings. They always pulled him out. |
Like I say every day, I think the pitching sets the tone. When you've got a pitcher go there and do what Jose did today, I think everything goes perfectly. |
Listen, I know what players we had in the past. I don't want those players anymore. |
Losing Tony is something that is hard on the Latin community. |
Luis is not the type of person to say 'Hi' to everyone, ... To me it's an honor just for Luis to say, 'Yes,' and come here and be with us. |
Marte showed up like a man, ... He showed his teammates how sorry he was. |
McCarthy seems to be the key right now. This kid is doing a tremendous job out of the bullpen. I thought about [keeping him in]. The way he's throwing the ball, I thought about it. Right now I have my closer. I'm not going to overuse [McCarthy] for no reason. |
Mentally we need guys to show every time, ... I don't know if Marte is ready to do that for the team. I'm going to talk to Kenny, I'm going to talk to (Marte) and see how he feels, to see if he's ready to help this team. If Marte is not ready to help this team, he can have a nice trip to the Dominican Republic and enjoy himself. |
Most of the time we'd start a trip in Oakland, the pitching staff in Oakland would give us a lot of problems, and then we'd move to Anaheim and carry the problem here. |
Most of these guys have never been in this situation, but I have, and I have to lead them, |
Mr. Cooper, the gentleman from New York wants to speak with you. |