(The sweep) was disappointing, but only because we know we can play better baseball than that. |
[It stands to reason, Brian Giles , 34, would like to stay in San Diego. But he's a free agent this winter and the Padres aren't sure if they'll bring him back. If the Indians' offense doesn't rebound in the last four months of the season, they'll be looking for hitters this winter. What would Giles say if they looked his way? He'd be interested.] My time is running out and I want to win, ... They have a lot of good young players over there. |
Eddie helped me out in keeping on the same plane, |
He got a pitch out over the plate -- probably a mistake -- and I hit it on a line. Hit it high here, and it's not going to go. |
He made some mistakes. Like we talked earlier today, he doesn't make too many of them, and when he does, we have to try to get some production from his mistakes, and we had some big at-bats tonight. |
He started off really hot and has confidence. That's what this game's about. He has so much confidence out there, I think every fifth day he expects to win. Maybe you couldn't say that a year ago. |
He was slowing down to the plate the later he got in the count, and with that high leg kick, you take a chance, ... You have to in this park. It's tough to score runs here, so you have to be aggressive on the bases. |
He'll be a presence. They're still not going to pitch to him, even though he hasn't played all year. But he's going to get on base. Any time you get on base, you're a threat to score a run. |
He's so popular that if he hits a home run and we congratulate him, fans are mad if we hit him too hard on the helmet. |
Hoffman just made a mistake and put something over the plate I could hit, |
Hopefully, it's a day to day thing and I will be right back out there. |
I grew up in San Diego watching Dave Winfield, ... In '95, when I got called up, there he was -- my teammate. That was a pretty big thrill. |
I had it in the palm of my glove, ... but my wrist hit the top of the fence and knocked it out. |
I had it, ... My wrist was over the wall. When my glove hit the top of the wall, it popped out. When it snapped back is when it popped out. |
I know a lot of people are talking about our record. But I'm proud of what we've done. I think we've accomplished a lot. It's awesome. People counted us out every week and here we still are. |