As soon as the ball went out of the park, obviously the team went out and I was looking around for Bobby. You don't have to look twice because you can see him right away. |
As soon as you put the uniform on, you forget about pains, |
Because he was here for 20 years and he was part of the bad attitude. And he was a big part of the bad attitude. Why? Because he was their leader. He got better last year; his attitude [before that] was horrible here. Everybody's was. |
because we're not that smart. |
Before I got the job, Jon never had the opportunity to go more than six, seven innings. They always pulled him out, and all of a sudden I give him the chance and he took advantage. I think this kid's arm is there. This kid gives 200 innings every year, he never misses a start. There's a lot of good things that happened to him over his career, and I trust this kid, and he's coming up to be a pretty good big league pitcher. |
Before, he tried to pitch and he couldn't keep his breaking ball over the plate. Fastball, his location was pretty poor. Now he's starting to get it together. |
Believe it or not, |
Believe me, ... the Red Sox have been there before and they know how to come out. |
Believe me, they know how to come back. |
Besides getting the ring, [Thome] was the only good thing we had all day. I think this kid is going to carry this team for a little while. |
Besides that, we've got a Plan B. We're always prepared, just in case he couldn't make it. But that's pretty good news. |
Besides the rings, it was the only exciting thing. |
Bleep, ... I don't want it to work. |
Bleep. I don't want it to work. |
Bobby Cox called me last night and said, 'You'll never retire from baseball; make them retire you,' ... He called me like 4 yesterday and said: 'You're too good a baseball man; people like you. Make those guys fire you. Keep taking money away from them.' |