Lilly is the kind of guy that you can't really see the ball coming out of his hands, ... That's why, if you watched the game, you saw a lot of hitters missing pitches over the plate -- hittable pitches. He has a tough angle and he changes speeds really good. Whenever he makes a mistake, you've got to try to not miss that pitch, because you might not see it again. |
Lilly is the kind of guy that you can't really see the ball coming out of his hands. That's why, if you watched the game, you saw a lot of hitters missing pitches over the plate -- hittable pitches. He has a tough angle and he changes speeds really good. Whenever he makes a mistake, you've got to try to not miss that pitch, because you might not see it again. |
Lilly, he seems like every time we face him, it must be his best night. When you as a hitter feel confidence about a pitcher you faced before and hit really good against, and it doesn't matter if it's his best night, ... you're going to hit him. |
Manny is not returning to Boston. |
Manny lives a difficult situation that only he and his family know about, and he does not want to play there. |
Never, ... Well, I did one time in winter ball, but I was playing Rookie League ball back then. These guys have been pitching me [on the] black the whole series, so I was like, 'It's time to get a hit.' |
No doubt. August took forever. |
Oh, yeah, especially in Tampa. You know why. |
One thing I know is that Gabe is a tough guy. He's a guy that is not afraid of pain. So when I see everybody running on the field to get him up, I knew there was something wrong. |
Pretty much we always start that way. I don't know why. |
so I can focus on what I have to do. |
Sometimes, when you get a pitcher throwing as many pitches as that, with the next hitter, they try and stay in the strike zone more and not waste as many pitches, ... I guess that's what happened. |
That ball wasn't even close to Ted Williams' seat back there. That kind of got me frustrated. You know, you hit the ball like that and you've still got to go 25 more rows up to get close to Mr. Ted Williams … I don't know. |
That guy never gets down, |
That kind of puts you in a good mood, ... When you go up there in a situation like that and you hear the crowd shouting like that, you feel like Superman. |