That's what good players do. |
The bottom of the order got him. It's tough tell [what the problem was]. I can't see in and out [on pitch location], but I imagine he was getting more of the plate than he wanted to. |
The consensus was that you don't have to take it easy on this guy, just let him go out and play. Now there's a pecking order as to where he plays in a game . . . but everybody that's spent some time with him and knows him says this guy can handle just about anything. |
The first time out, guys that were injured are just wanting to get through it and let it go. The second time, they're not worried about it anymore and they're just into their focus of getting ready for the season. |
The first two batters, he just blew through them -- the first three pitches you see 95, 96, 97 -- and then after two out, he got some guys on there and maybe hung a couple of breaking balls, and then he pitched a little more defensively. Certainly you can see stuff. He's got a great arm. |
The game was competitive until they got the three runs off Aquino, and that's when they got the big [two-out] hits. On your side, you are looking for those two-out hits. They get 'em, so what are you going to do? |
The game was played out as advertised. (Andy) Pettitte pitched well, Webb pitched well. One or two hits our way instead of their way and you have yourself a victory. |
The great thing about Tony is he's going to be there for Conor. |
The ground rule is that the cameras are out of play, but if they are sticking out some, they're sticking out some. I've never seen that happen. Certainly, I think it affected the play. |
The more you see a Royce Clayton, the more you realize the effect that he has offensively, defensively [and] he's a leader, too. When he was first coming in, I didn't really know that about him. It's been a pleasant surprise to see what kind of leadership role he's taken on. |
The more you see of Tracy, ... the more you think he's going to be a potential batting crown-type guy and a guy that might take over one day as being the guy. |
The results weren't great but we felt like he threw the ball pretty good. He got a few more balls up early than he would have liked. |
The sixth was a big inning. Johnson's blow is the one that makes you think that now we have to scramble. Especially after winning game one, we didn't think we'd lose two of three. |
The thing I struggle with there is it's been quite a while since he's pitched on a regular basis, ... To throw him in there against Giles and Klesko, in a situation where the game's on the line, I don't know if that's entirely fair to him. I know he wouldn't shy away from it. |
There are a lot of variables and a lot of things that could take place. |