I tried to loosen it up in the dugout. But I knew I blew it out. |
I turned around the bases slow. I thought I was going to come out of the game, [but] I figured, if I start, I might as well finish. |
I was just trying to put the ball in play. |
I'm always going to feel it a little bit. But I think I'm OK. |
If we get in the same position we were last year, I'm telling you right now we'll be in the playoffs. This is a very special group of young guys and they are ready to win. |
It wasn't that difficult coming back. We lost that game. But we're still alive. If we beat Mexico, then we play Venezuela again, and we'll see what happens. |
It's happened to me before. I was kind of (ticked) off yesterday, but that's because we lost the game. Tonight I'm excited ... that we won the game. |
It's special. I've been on national teams before, but this is bigger, more prestigious. |
That guy is unbelievable. Great stuff. He's going to be a good one for a long time. |
They gave me a chance to play every day, and that's what I've been doing for the last three years. I like playing with these young guys. They are unbelievable. I learn a lot from them and they learn a lot from me. |
They just keeping bringing me back for some reason. I don't think about that (contract) stuff. I think about winning and trying to do my best. |
They pretty much have the same team, and so do we. I think we're better this year because we have more experience. |
They swung the bats pretty good, they scored a lot of run. We've got to come back tomorrow and do the same thing. |
We know the first month has got to be good if we're going to make a run. We know that. That's why we're doing the best we can to get ready and do better than last year. |
You win and you lose. We got to come back tomorrow. We still have three more games left [in the series]. |