It's fun, |
It's just a whole different realm of a leadoff man. You've got to be patient. |
It's like when I was playing in the Angels-Oakland games. That's not a rivalry. When fans hate the other fans, that's what makes it a big-time rivalry. These are big games. If we keep doing it over and over again, we can turn it into that, but it takes the fans to raise it to that level. |
It's nice to show that we can score a run off him, but it would have been better to tie. It's definitely something that we've just got to keep battling. If we do our job, we can eliminate him so he doesn't have to come in the game. |
It's one of those things. Baseball is a funny game. Every club can beat any club. They come out and play great against us. It's hard to believe to see where they're standing. They've got a great club. |
It's pretty calming to step in there in that situation. I don't know why, but it's a feeling that comes over you. (The fans) are so loud, but you just understand it's you versus him ? that's all that matters at that point. |
It's pretty calming to step to the plate in that situation. |
It's pretty loud. The whole game, there's like a buzz going through (the stands). It's nice, it was fun going out there. |
It's really not my game. If you ask Tony, he doesn't like me to do it. |
It's so much easier when you go out and put pressure on them, ... Every inning counts. We do a lot of studying pitchers. You've got to give credit to [hitting coach] Hal McRae. He gets us ready to play. We try to put the pressure on the other team. We try to put the pressure on their pitcher. |
It's something we preached from Day 1 (of spring training). But you've got to give a lot of credit to Mulder. He wasn't sharp early on and allowed some runners, but then he got the ground balls he needed for the double plays. |
It's the emphasis on one run (in the NL), |
Juan has wheels and can handle the bat pretty well. Tony knows what he is doing. Juan is the type of hitter who can do a lot once he settles in and gets in his groove. He has a great stroke down through the zone. He's not the only one who struggled early. I hadn't been swinging the bat that well either. He's going to mean a lot to this lineup over the long run. |
Just being back home in front of the fans, especially having the opportunity to play the last game in old Busch Stadium and now the first one in the new one, I think that's something I'll remember. |
Just stepping to the plate, just understanding it's you vs. him, that's all that really mattered at that point, |