The big blow today was Willy. They had us in a little bit of a pickle there. |
The big blow was Willy. For me, that turned out to be the game's turning point. |
The bottom line what we're looking at is did he have pain, and he did not, ... Did he get good extension, and (team consultant) Matt Galante reports he did. |
The bruise is diffused somewhat, so he doesn't have a big (welt) the size of a watermelon on his knee now. It's spread up his calf and inner thigh a little bit. He's sore, but he's just fine. I feel 100% that he will be OK to make his next start. |
The fact of the matter is, he gave up a pretty monstrous home run, ... Best thing we can do is laugh about it, go on with it to the next day and have a little bit of fun with it. |
The field's in bad shape. |
The good point is that we got the tying run, and then we go right ahead with the next one, |
The guy throws 95 pitches and pitches a complete ballgame, so we didn't put too many balls in play. |
The interesting thing about him is that Dr. Mac, for all of the bravado about wanting to hold the line on dollars, became the first guy to pay a million dollars to somebody (Ryan). ... Fast-forward a couple of years, and people have somehow forgotten that this guy crossed a barrier that hadn't been crossed and treated Nolan great. I don't know all that went on between Nolan and Mac. OK, maybe it's probably not the bright spot, but it certainly shouldn't be how he's remembered. |
The look that you saw in his face was total resolve, ... I don't think it was a matter of how long it was going to take, he was going to do whatever it took and I don't think I could have gotten the ball out of his hand anyway, and it was his game. |
The man's amazing. He keeps on keeping on, doesn't he? Isn't he something? |
The misfortunes created by some situations can turn out to be pretty good for you, and in this case Craig leading off is a good situation. I don't mind having to do that at all. |
The mistake we made is walking Edmonds. |
The mistake we make is walking Edmonds. You have to let Edmonds hit the ball in the next count. You can't walk him, and Brad knows that. |
The numbers tell the story. He's been absolutely phenomenal. |