I told you he was in good shape. |
I was standing up for my guy; he was standing up for his. |
I wouldn't argue the fact that we were probably a little too professional last year. Doesn't mean they weren't playing hard. It's just that, on the surface, it looked like we were a little too laid back. |
I wouldn't have double-switched and taken Hudson out of the game right there if we didn't have confidence in him. That was big for Andy, because he's the one guy that hasn't gotten a start. He feels like he's a contributor now. He feels a little more part of it. |
I'd hate to think what the future would be like without him right now. I'm a big Luis Gonzalez fan and I'm glad that we have him under contract for next year and an option for the year after that because I think he's still going to be a big part of this thing. |
I'm excited abut seeing every guy we have here play some games. |
I'm going to try to get him over here in the next couple of days and take a look at him, too. It really is an exciting future we have here. |
I'm impressed, because the kids are having great at-bats. The one thing we've been stressing is to put the ball in play. Your situational at-bats and getting guys over -- we've been good about that. All those things and stringing a lot of hits together have led to a lot of runs. |
I'm in favor of this thing. I think the World Baseball Classic is a great thing. But I also have to have consideration of my players, and this is a guy that is healthy this year. We had a little bit of a plan, and now it was backed off, so you can blame this one on me. |
I'm kind of getting used to it. It's not the greatest feeling in the world. But something we've shown is that even though we get down big early, we have the propensity to come back. |
I'm not going to let him beat us with one swing of the bat in a tie game. I saw the velocity in his bat. The velocity is still there. Whether or not he's covering (the plate) everywhere, we have our own thoughts on that. But he still hit some balls very hard. In that situation, we can't let them get one swing to put them ahead. |
I'm not going to tell you what goes on in those meetings. But he's disappointed, and he has every right to be. |
I'm past amazed. I think the whole league is. |
I'm really at a loss for words after [Tuesday's] game, and following it up with a game like this and three out of four. I don't think I've ever seen at the big-league level three out of four games like this. |
I'm sure they are just as tired of us as we are tired of them. But we will see them again. |