I never asked him. I asked other guys and they all said, 'No.' I didn't ask Barry. If you've ever been around Barry, Barry's his own man. |
I read it, man. I was lost. I didn't even know there were that many kind of steroids. |
I read it, man. I was lost. I didn't even know there were that many kind of steroids. I've never even seen steroids. I didn't even know what kind of steroids are steroids other than the kinds you use to fight allergies. ... I was quite surprised with the detail that was in there. |
I said, 'At times,' ... It's not an overall, long, extended, everybody issue. It's at times. There's a difference. If I contradicted myself, I'm sorry. It's at times. You've seen it. I've seen it, too. At times. Those are isolated incidents. |
I said, 'Well, maybe you need to read it. |
I talked to [Lawton] last night, and he said this is the first time he's been in a playoff situation. He's looking forward to it, and he told me he was sorry he didn't help us and play better while he was here. I told him to enjoy it -- he picked up a lot of games in the standings. |
I talked to him last night and this is the first time he's been in a playoff situation. I just told him to go enjoy it. |
I talked to him the other day because he was pressing a little bit already. I told him to just relax. It's the same game he played in Venezuela. We have to eliminate the pressures of the amount of people and TV and radio, simplify things and say, 'Hey, man, it's baseball. |
I talked to him the other day, and he said that's the best he's felt. We want to continue on that same progress and not have an interruption of any kind. |
I talked to him. He's tired of it, too. You could tell he was a little distraught about the whole thing. He wants to pitch. He wants to pitch with nothing wrong. |
I think he can become a very good player. He can hit, he can run, I think his power is coming, especially when you're strong in the lower half -- that's where the power comes from. You have to learn how to do it, how to use it without abusing it and losing what got you here which is base hits. |
I think he has a lot left. If we use him right, play him right. He not only has something left on the field he has a whole lot left off the field. |
I think more success is on the horizon. |
I think that's wrong because that way you're placing blame on one department, |
I think the main problem was 'Z' told [pitching coach] Larry [Rothschild] that he couldn't feel the ball in his fingers. I guess the ball was cold and a little slicker, and he couldn't feel it. He tried to drop down and do different things. He couldn't command the strike zone today. |