He'll go back there just to confirm this is a tweak. |
He's a bit disappointed, and justifiably so. Chris is swinging the bat well and I wanted to get (Mike) Lamb in the game. He's swinging the bat well, too. |
He's a good hitter and he's hot. You make a mistake and he's hitting it. We made a mistake, and he hit it. |
He's a little better, but he's not able to play today. |
He's a second-time 20-game winner and you don't hear much about it. Roy himself is not a self-promoter. He's very laid-back. He's very comfortable being in the back room. You have great personalities like the Rocket (Roger Clemens) and (Andy) Pettitte, who have done some wonderful things, so I think (the attention) naturally gravitates in their direction. But Roy has done a fine job for us and he's going to go down as one of the great pitchers in this decade. |
He's a second-time, 20-game winner and you don't hear much about it. If it happened with somebody else, it would be all over the place, but Roy is not a self-promoter. |
He's absolutely fantastic, and he'll be fine. If he goes six months and blows 40% of his saves, I'd start to get worried. |
He's an exceptional defensive player, and then he came up with some big hits when we needed them. He made himself very valuable. |
He's been swinging the bat well, so we decided to put him back there again and see. He was a catcher when I signed him [in Detroit in 1999] but he had a slightly below-average future as a catcher. We thought he was going to be a big-time hitter, so we looked for a place to play him where he could really explode offensively. He's come back full circle. |
He's better than I thought he was. I'm a (former) player, and I appreciate talent. But, better than that, I appreciate talent that is properly used and properly prepared. Guys like Roger, they're genetically superior. We may all be equal under the law, but we're not all created equal. |
He's better than people want to give him credit. What comes into play is he looks a little bit awkward at times. When he stretches he looks like he's falling instead of in balance, but he makes the play. |
He's beyond anything you've ever seen, ... This guy is just different. |
He's certainly a plus defensive player, and if he ends up showing he can swing the bat ... and he gets his foot in the door, it might be one of those situations where you can't get him out. |
He's dominated a few people the last couple of years. When he throws strikes, he's not going to get beat around too much. |
He's had a couple of games when he actually looked a little bit human - but sometimes we have to pick him up, too. Sometimes, you have to outscore the other team. |