No, I don't want this to feel like 2002, ... I want to create new memories. This is a new team. We are doing it a new way. |
Only our pitchers have been playing well. We've been scratching and clawing for runs. We'll find a way to get it done any way we can, but we've been inconsistently offensively. |
People love throwing that out there: 'Is it going to wear on you more, wear on you less?' I don't know. Just play and whatever happens, happens, ... You know, you can't worry about that stuff. You do all your exercises and hope it holds up. I can't do any more work to make it stay healthy. If it goes, it goes. |
Run scores, we win. I could care less about that stuff. |
Scioscia has a real good feel for when things need to be done. He's had success making adjustments. Hopefully, this will work out as well. |
Sure, we know we can get it done, but we feel that way anyway. We have to keep looking forward. |
That's the way it is. You know that's the way it's going to be. It doesn't matter what happens the rest of the season; you figure it's going to come down to the end and that's the way it's going to be. |
That's what we do. We have two guys who can juice the ball, but for the most part we just put the ball in play and make things happen. We're at our best when we're doing that. |
The popup was in no man's land. I've got the largest glove, so I figured I would be the guy to catch it. I turned my ankle when I stepped on the mound and jammed it pretty good. It spasmed, so I had a tough time on defense, but it's nothing serious. |
They don't say that at all. They say the opposite. They say things like 'Those balls in the hole aren't hits any more,' ... It's just people's perspective. What it boils down to is what's best for our team. And with the acquisitions we made this year, putting me on first gives us the best team. And I've said it all along: whatever's best for the team, I'm willing to do whatever. |
They made their pitches, ... They're a very good team. I'll be surprised if they don't win it all. |
They won, plain and simple, and we lost. One thing I know is we get to sleep (last night). |
They're one of those teams where you know that if you don't bring your 'A game,' you're going to get taken behind the woodshed. |
They're pitching well, that's for sure. We're just going to keep fighting. That's what we do. We grind it out. |
This stinks, and it hurts, ... It's going to take a few days. |