I think every game we played these guys in the first two series came down to the last pitch. But they've had a rash of injuries. Anytime you lose your closer and some of your best players, it's tough, but they continually battled. We're happy about the fact that we won some games against them. If we didn't, our record wouldn't be as good as it is right now. |
I think everybody is ready to go. |
I think he could do anything. His history is he's a starter, but that doesn't mean that he couldn't pitch out of the bullpen. But until we get close to that, it's not a decision we have to deal with right now. |
I think he was tested pretty good, especially when you're coming across the bag from shortstop and have to kind of throw off balance the other way going home. He let it go pretty good. |
I think he's done a nice job everywhere. He's had to prepare everywhere and it's a different look and a different bounce. He could play any of those positions every day. |
I think he's more relaxed this year. Last year he didn't know what to expect. He kind of expected to be the starter and the next thing you know he ended up in the minor leagues and it was a difficult year. |
I think he's ready. He's spent a lot of time here and has a great reputation in the organization. We think very highly of him. |
I think that's a stretch. Having a third opinion, people may look at that as a concern. We don't. We're encouraged with what we've heard. |
I think there is more than a 50 percent chance that he doesn't [start on Monday]. My feeling is that he will play in San Diego, but I just don't know which game that will be. |
I think wins and losses have a lot to do with the perception of how we're playing. Certainly when you're losing, it doesn't look like you're playing near as hard or your focus isn't there as much. That's just a product of losing. I think the focus and approach has been the same all year. |
I thought Padilla, early on, had as good stuff as I'd seen. I mean, he was throwing 96 miles an hour and had good sink and then just started getting wild with it. I thought we were in for a tough time early on. |
I thought that was really going to be an emotional play in the game for us. |
I thought we had some pretty decent approaches on him. You know, Alex hits the ball hard right there at the end. But when he comes in the game, he's finished the deal quite a few times. |
I thought we had them in a good situation and the right guy up there. A lot of times, it's one or two at-bats that swing a game one way or the other, and that certainly was the case. |
I thought when I was asked about [Vazquez] [Friday] that someone knew something about [the injury]. He doesn't want anybody to know about it -- he just goes out there and does his thing. |