It went better than we could have hoped. The only thing I can think is that we did the same thing last year and dropped the next two to Arizona. |
It'd be nice to get back to .500 and see where we are at, ... If we could reel off six or seven wins in a row, conceivably we'd have a chance. |
It's been a team effort all year, and we are [9-6]. [Lee] has done his part, but everybody has done a good job for the most part. The main key is not to try to do more than we are capable of and think we have to hit six-run homers. |
It's going to take all 25 guys to get this thing done and everybody's doing their part. I think all the individual stuff takes a back seat. I'm having a lot of fun winning baseball games. As a team, it's nice to be up with six wins in the first nine games. |
It's petty stuff that might take a week or two to heal, and, unfortunately, we've only got a week left. |
Jim has always been good in that if something's about to happen, he'll call and talk to you. I haven't heard anything. There aren't too many teams I want to play for. This team has a chance to win, number one, and it's also a fun team to play for. |
My attitude hasn't changed. It's going to take all 25 guys on this team to get this thing done. You don't want anyone on the bench getting stale. I feel pretty blessed to have played the first two games. |
Relax, that's the main thing. When you're trying to do so well every time you get in there, it's hard to do. The main thing is relax. I sat for two days and then got the first start here [on Friday]. You have to try not to do too much when you get in there. |
Spring Training, regular season, you're still trying to win. That's the way we're going to play him during the year, so we did it now, too. |
That was a good test right there. I was telling Dusty, you never really know. You come out here and run, and you're conscious of it. When you're in the game, that's when the test comes, and I feel good. |
That's why I love playing here. You work so hard to get to (the World Series) and if, in fact, it comes about, there's only a few cities that really, truly genuinely appreciate that. There's only a few teams that I want to win a World Series with. Boston was one, and Chicago is another. |
The greatest thing about Chad is football is not the No. 1 thing in his life, and baseball's not the No. 1 thing in my life. If it doesn't work out, you did the best you could and you move on. |
The lovable Cubs fans, |
The Pirates are a sneaky little team. They can hit the ball and in the middle innings of both games that we won, they came back and made us work for it. |
They swing the bats well and got some momentum going, but we were able to get it back. I think that's a tribute to Scott Williamson coming in there and getting the momentum back on our side. |