You have to let Edmonds hit the ball. You can't walk him. Brad knows that. We were feeling pretty good, but you have to play every out. We failed to play every out tonight. |
You just have to accept the fact that you're probably not going to hit as high as you know you can, |
You just have to trust your scouts in that regard. |
You learn a piece of it basically from everybody that you play for. I would hope that my managerial style is a great deal like Chuck. He's my mentor. |
You look at the batting average [and] it looks like a bad year but the guy drove in 55 runs, that's pretty impressive. |
You saw what Qualls did today, ... He was fantastic. His stuff was very good. Our bullpen has been terrific all year. |
You saw what Qualls did today. He was fantastic. His stuff was very good. Our bullpen has been terrific all year. |
You think it looks pretty good. A couple of innings later, it didn't look so good. |
You want to get everybody in on the party and make everybody feel good. Today was one of those days when people other than our big names put some numbers on the board for us. You've got to have days like that. |
You'll have to talk to him about that. He'll be here tomorrow. |
You're asking him to do a lot but if it's a possibility here and he could bring a lot of offense to the table then we're going to consider him. If he can get back to the big leagues I think he'll take it any way he can. |
You're like, 'Am I supposed to feel this nervous and scared?' Then you talk to other guys and realize that everybody goes through that. The key is to talk about it and learn how to channel it. |
You've got to hit it to left field. If he hit the ball the other way, it probably wouldn't go. If you get it in that left-field lane, then it'll go. |
You've got to tip your hat to David Eckstein. He plays the game as hard as you can play it. On the other side, you don't like him because he really gets in your hair, but you appreciate what he does. |
You've got to try to jump on a pitch early, get something that gets a little bit of the plate. If they make a mistake, you've got to be going after it. |