We are playing against the best. They are the champions and they know how to play in the playoffs. We didn't face them during the season when we were pitching well. Now, we are. That's a difference. |
We believed in ourselves. They have confidence. They know they have a lot of time. Our pitching staff is (starting) to put it together. |
We built this team around defense and pitching. I think our defense was one of the biggest reasons we won the World Series, no doubt about it. I knew we were going to play good defense all year long. |
We built this team around defense and pitching. When you've got good defense, your pitching staff is going to be better because they're not going to make that many mistakes. |
We built this team around team hitters. Everyone who goes to the plate has a good idea of what to do. When you have that, it's hard to stop. |
We came back and that's something I feel good about. We never give up. |
We can play without him. We did it before. |
We can score more runs this year than last year. That's why we brought those guys here. Last year, God, it was 2-1, 1-0, 3-2 every game. My pitching staff couldn't even breathe one minute. They can't even make one mistake because we'd lose. |
We can't control (what Cleveland does). They are playing so well. We just have to worry about winning our own games. You know they are going to win the way they are playing now. But we just have to worry about how we'll play and win as many games as we can. |
We cannot relax. We have to fight all the way to the end. We have (six) games against Cleveland at the end of the season. It's not over until it's over. |
We didn't finish it out. |
We didn't look too good, but there is nothing you can go by. You got to wait for a couple of days when they get ready. |
We didn't pitch well at all, and that was the game. |
We didn't pitch well. He left a couple pitches hanging against a pretty good ball club. The effort overall wasn't there to win the game. |
We don't have anything against Frank. I don't think anybody should. Frank never did anything bad for us. |