We feel like with our rotation we're deeper and with our bullpen we feel like we're deeper and more experienced. How our rotation shapes out after Webb is another thing. |
We felt coming over he's a guy that can pitch in any role. But we always looked at him as a starter. |
We finished great. We battled hard and finished strong. It all depends on how you evaluate it. The division was down, but from where we were last year, we improved. |
We got down so quick, double digits it certainly doesn't make for a lot of enthusiasm when you are up there trying to battle. He (Estes) got his pitches up and his balls were running off the plate a little bit. Their guy threw a lot of cutters today. that was his pitch today. |
We had a chance to break it open a little bit. We had them in a good situation and the right guy up there, too. |
We had a couple on base [with none out] and Tony [Clark] up there. The ball Trace hit was hit good. It was just one 'groove' off. All of a sudden it's a one-run game if that balls travels a little more. |
We had a few situational at-bats where we didn't get it done. |
We had discussions with a number of international affiliate companies and it was our decision to go with the Board of Regents as the most professional and most Internet driven company out there. We thought it was going to be the best fit for us and offer the highest degree of service and the best results for our customers. |
We had more opportunities to win the game than they did. |
We have an idea already. I just don't want to announce anything until he actually is here. |
We have some guys who are struggling with the bat right now. . . . We're going to swing better than this, I believe. I think we're going to tax the other team a little bit more. |
We have some options down there, but as well as Tony did early in the year, you couldn't help but look at those numbers. Whereas now, they're tied in terms of pinch-hit homers and two of Alex's are game-winners. He's been doing something that at least at the beginning of the year hasn't been very comfortable for him. But he's starting to settle into that role. |
We haven't had Claudio consistently do that. He's a tough guy. Some of the things he worked on actually paid off pretty well. A quality guy like that isn't going to be down too long. |
We haven't quit, period. Ever. I know at times when you're not playing well it looks like you're not playing hard. . . . We've been playing at this pace the whole year. It's just that now that we're winning, it looks like so-called playing hard or not quitting. But these guys have played hard all year. |
We haven't seen Claudio consistently do that (pitch poorly) and he's a tough guy. Some of the things he's been working on with (pitching coach) Bryan (Price) worked out pretty well. |