That's something we haven't been doing. We need to try to score first, ... When we score first, our record is pretty good. It gives our pitchers a chance to work with the lead, and that's what we were able to do today. |
That's something we haven't been doing. We need to try to score first. When we score first, our record is pretty good. It gives our pitchers a chance to work with the lead, and that's what we were able to do today. |
The new guys that have come in are fitting in nicely. We brought in good people, and I think that's the important thing. It makes the transition a whole lot easier. Guys have come in and enjoyed themselves. |
The Yankees aren't going to make it easy for you, they never do and they never will. He (Batista) did a good job and struck out a very good hitter in Derek Jeter and we came out with the victory. |
Then Chien-Ming Wang comes up, makes a couple of good starts and he gets hurt, |
There's a lot of rookies coming in that are making an impact this year. Good for them, it's not that easy to do. |
They have until March 2 to make a decision. If they want to keep a spot open for me, cool, but hopefully I can be there once the first game starts March 7. |
They're leaving it up to me. If I feel that I'm 100 per cent, then I can go ahead. If not, then I have to make the right decision. |
They're locked in for their run and it's fun playing teams in that situation, |
They're two totally different pitchers. Anybody can mess your swing up for two days or two weeks. Our approach just has to be one way for the day game and another way for the night game. |
They've done it all year. They've done it the last few years, together. They're fun to watch -- when they're playing other teams. There aren't too many guys that come up and [make you] worry every time they swing the bat. Those two guys, especially, are two of the tops. That's why their team is where they are right now. |
This is a fun lineup to be a part of. Top to bottom, any guy can start a rally at any time. It's fun just knowing there is no deficit we can't overcome. When you have a guy like Gus on the mound, throwing the way he does, you know we are just an inning away from scoring runs, and tonight we did that. |
This is fun to be a part of. Everybody is swinging the bat really well. |
This is the first time for a lot of us to go out and really have a chance to compete against the best. We've got a shot. |
Those guys proved themselves last year. They're the strong point of this team, we're going to lean on them all year. They're going to have their struggles, that's life, that's baseball. We'll stick with them and they'll come through for us more times than not, that's for sure. |