A lot of new bats have a handle that bends on impact. I don't really like that. They don't seem to have as much pop. |
Bonds and Vladdy (Guerrero)? The rest of us would have to remember to hit, because we might get caught up watching the show. |
Both. I mean, [giving up] five runs, it's not necessarily the end of the world. You feel like, as a team, as an offense, you're not pulling your weight. It's a little frustrating. |
Claxton's a community that works well together. They pull together, especially in tough times. They celebrate, if there's something to celebrate, the community comes together to celebrate. If we go through a tough time, the community comes together and supports each other. |
Despite their record, they make it tough on you. Everybody in this league comes to play, especially now. They understand the stakes for us, so they're not laying down. |
Despite what his numbers were going into today, it's not really a surprise, him being able to throw a quality game like today. |
Every day's pretty big from here on out. It's unfortunate Oakland won tonight and we lose, but it probably won't be the last time that happens. |
Everything is true, from what he's done in the Minors to what we saw in Spring Training. When you have that bat that can help your team, there has to be an upside to bringing him up. |
Garret's just a great, great hitter, |
Homers are nice, especially with men on base. But we don't sit around waiting for them. |
Hopefully they'll run out of dirt to dig up. I don't know if anything positive will come out of it anyway. |
I can only play well and continue to try and help the team and that will speak for itself. Whatever happens, so be it and make the decision tough. I'm not trying to think about it as him versus me, but both of us working together. I think that is the way to look at it. |
I had him played a little to the hole, a step closer to the bag to try and make the double play. I could see on the first two pitches that he wasn't trying to do too much. I took a step to my right to try and cover a little more ground. |
I had seen a good number of pitches in my previous at-bat, so I had a little bit of a gauge on how his fastball was working. I just wanted to put a good swing on it and not try to do too much, and I was fortunate enough to find a hole. |
I really think it's all in your head. I always say it's just the bat and the ball. If you're a good hitter, you're a good hitter. |