It's huge for the Jays Care Foundation. Obviously, I have first-hand experience with it and see the kids, how it touches them, and see what kids we're able to reach -- the smiles that it brings to their faces. It's great to see. |
It's over with. You don't think about it anymore. Luckily, it's just the second game of the season. You live and you learn and we'll try to take the series tomorrow. |
It's tough. He's a great guy. And he was putting together an unbelievable season. It's tough losing him and hopefully his arm will be nice and energized come next year. |
Maybe even more so. I know it's a stretch to say but he was just dominating every time out. |
My leg feels pretty good right now. I'm looking forward to playing in the World Baseball Classic. Hopefully, my leg will co-operate and I'll get a chance to. First and foremost is the Blue Jays. I have to be healthy for the start of the season. |
Obviously they wanted to get some pitching at the time, but I was amazed when it happened, |
Obviously, it was a game that we wanted to win, but you've got to look at the positives. You have to give credit to those guys. They didn't give us too many opportunities to do things. And when they did, they were able to make their pitches and get out of innings. |
Obviously, now, with the talent that we have, things have changed a little bit. But you can't get to excited until hopefully we're in the mix come August and September. |
Of course it does. Obviously we don't know what the deal is with his elbow. Hopefully it's not as bad as some people may think. Hopefully it's just a little tender. |
Our goal was to get there [to San Diego]. We just came up short. |
Our rotation last year was suspect, to say the least. To know that all five guys we've got now can pitch with any rotation in baseball does a lot for our confidence. We don't have to score eight or nine runs to win a game. |
Patrol, it can be like just routine and then all of a sudden it can escalate to a life or death situation. The more African-Americans that come on the job and Latinos that come on the job, they'll be exposed to these life or death situations. |
People are talking baseball again. The most important thing for us is to get off to a good start. You've got to earn this. No one's going to give us anything in this division. But I'm excited. This is a big year for me, and a big one for the team. |
So far as we're concerned, the crop is off, but it's a good-quality crop and prices are good, |
Sometimes when pitchers make mistakes they get away with them, but tonight we put good swings on the ball. Going up against a pitcher like Boomer, you've got to score runs whenever you can get them. |