(Robertson) was throwing well and we couldn't pick up the ball early because of the shadows. But that's only our excuse, we didn't have any trouble seeing the ball. The second time around we were hitting the but we didn't have any luck. |
After games, you know guys in here usually have the music going. Now it's always quiet. We need to try to pump it up a little bit. |
After six games you really can't put pressure on yourself now. You can't press. After a couple weeks or a month you can evaluate this team and see where we're at -- if the team is good or bad or what. |
Everybody goes through that at some point. I'm not an April guy, I usually start off slow. I've gone 0-for-23 before, and ended up hitting .290, so he'll be fine. |
Everybody keeps writing us off, but to tell you the truth, we like that. |
Everybody knows if Shannon stays healthy, he can get you two or three hits to get [the offense] going. He's an igniter and we need him in the lineup. If he stays healthy, we can do a lot. |
Everybody knows if Shannon stays healthy, he's going to set the table. He's the igniter, and we need him in the lineup. |
From what I saw in Spring Training, we were scoring runs and guys were hitting the ball pretty hard, and it showed tonight. I was hearing from a lot of people that we didn't score a lot of runs, so I think we shocked a lot of people today. |
Great pitching -- check. Good defense -- check. Offense -- well, we're going to see what happens with that one. |
He loved to talk to you. He helped the younger guys -- especially the younger black players. |
He walks around like he's comfortable now. |
He was throwing gas. He was throwing 96, 97 miles an hour. |
He'd look at all of my box scores. If I went 4-for-4, he'd call me up and congratulate me. Or if I'd go 0-for-3, he'd call me up and get on to me. |
He'd say: 'Get up there and go play this game. Forget about it. Just have fun and keep playing this game that I taught you. |
He's a Twin killer. I hate to see him in this division again. |