I felt like Raul has a little more experience with our pitching staff, ... He was in the playoffs last year, and I felt like it was important to go with that experience right now. I do think that Humberto is a big part of our future. This is not a reflection on what he's doing right now. He's doing well; we're very pleased with his progress. |
I felt like that in a seven-game series, that having 11 pitchers is probably going to be an important move to make. To have an extra pitcher on the roster would probably help. |
I felt that he would be OK (in that situation), |
I find it strange that somebody would say we have to open it now. |
I firmly believe that this is the best situation for him if he wants to pitch again. It's home. We already have the 'Rocket freedom clause.' Plus, I think this pitching two-thirds of a season may be a great idea, just may be a great idea. |
I guess I could say the bruise is sort of diffused somewhat so he doesn't have a half sized watermelon on his knee now. I feel 100 percent that he will be OK to make his next start. |
I guess somebody brought it up today -- if you don't win today's game, it's probably over. |
I have not seen anything, |
I have not seen him. I have messages that he sent to other people. |
I have to eat a little crow. |
I haven't seen him; he was sore [Sunday]. |
I just feel if we go to 15 over we'll be in pretty good position. We're playing confidently now. At least we're pitching confidently. I don't know if we're hitting as confidently as I'd like. |
I just think it would be electric for the city. People are just so wound up. |
I just thought he was a pitch away from getting out of it. |
I knew we weren't a 15-under-.500 team. When the season started, I thought we were probably five games over .500. Then, if we got a little bit lucky, I thought we could be 10 games over. I think we're fortunate to be 14 over .500 because we didn't figure on Andy Pettitte (17-9, 2.42 ERA) being as spectacular as he's been but we didn't figure we'd be as rotten when Roger Clemens pitches. Go figure. |