It was great seeing them win the national championship this year. It was exciting to follow them all season and they won it all. |
It's confidence. I feel I'm maturing a little bit. A couple of years ago, I would've tried to do too much. |
It's exciting for us as a team to be able to go out and have pitching like that. Our pitching staff has done an excellent job. Things are going to be fun around here. |
It's just one loss. We're 5-1. We feel great about going home. |
It's not sad because this will give him an opportunity to continue his big-league career. It's obvious here he wasn't going to play. I personally think that when you've done some of the things he's done in this game, there's an opportunity for you somewhere else. I believe in my heart he's going to get an opportunity. |
Just slugging. They scored more. |
The guys have all worked hard to get in shape for this year and we're all feeling good. We've got good baseball players on this team and our goal is to do what the White Sox did last year. |
They got the hits when there were guys on base, and they scored more runs. |
They've been outstanding. With Kenny here, I really think his influence, how he goes about his business, it's rubbing off. These guys are learning. They have somebody that they can go to with questions. |
Tip your hat to him and turn the page. |
Today was a day when I was going to relax and it ended up working out for me, ... I got a chance to swing the bat and get some more confidence. That's a good day off. |
We believe we're a good team, and a lot of that is due to our manager. He's always prepared, and when the head is prepared, it is much easier for the body to be prepared. |
We're all very excited for Big Red. We all just hope he can stay focused and keep it up. |
We've got no excuses ? we just have to remember that we are a better team than that. |
You can tell he's a straight-shooter. Everything seems to be very upbeat. A lot of people talk about whether he still has it, but you could tell he definitely is going to command respect. |