(Wednesday) was definitely a roller-coaster day. It was a close game, and then they tied it up with Bobby's big home run. Then they come back and scored and put us down. Willy not giving up and running all the way through the base gave us a chance. That was a nice game right there. |
['] 'Everything's a go, ... 'The doctors and the assistants are staying, so my family is going to stay. |
[His manager and teammates, however, have their doubts.] You see guys get hit by balls in batting practice once in a while, ... But not the starting pitcher. Incredible. |
[Indeed, last June, while protecting a one-run lead in the ninth inning of a game against the Chicago Cubs, Bagwell -- with the bases loaded and one out -- found himself chasing a high fly ball into foul territory beyond first base. He was nine months removed from surgery on his throwing shoulder.] It was killing him, ... He couldn't throw the ball as far as my 10-year-old. |
[Their dreams did not come true, and for that, Biggio and Bagwell are forever grateful.] Next thing you know, ... you're two guys from New York and Connecticut living in Texas for the rest of your life. |
About 99.9 percent of the time he comes in, and it's game over. He's nasty, he's got good stuff. He's still got it. You tip your hat to any guy that can square up and catch up to it. |
All these games could've went the other way. I think it was more destiny for these guys than it was for us. |
And sometimes, ... it might be a guy throwing something you might not want to know about. |
Bobby Cox is one of the greatest managers of all time, |
But it was good to help us get off to a fast start. It's always nice when you get any pitcher a run in the first. And Brandon pitched real well tonight. |
Carrying the what? What's the mantle. Like the mantle on the fireplace? Or Mickey Mantle? ... Well, obviously, we want to get it done. We've dedicated ourselves to the city of Houston and this organization. |
Everybody is really contributing. When that's going on, it's a lot of fun. |
Everyone can make their own decisions about what's going on. It's not for players to answer. It's just a tough situation right now. |
Everything had to work perfectly on that double play, and it did. It was an unbelievable ending. |
Fans have been awesome to him and people have no idea how much pain this man's been through. This is why he came back. He came back to help us. Today he goes out and gets the game-winning RBI, and you couldn't have written a better script. |