At first, they wanted to wait until we were ready to start to decide whether to play, but I didn't want to have Oil Can (Boyd) warm up, and then not play the game, |
Essentially, we came in here as a new business, and people accepted us, and one reason is because we visited the schools, visited the hospitals, went to openings, all of those things. We were out in the community, people saw us and accepted us as part of the community. |
From what I hear from people, Ryan has done some great things in this outfield the past couple season. He struggled through some injuries last season but is fully healed and ready to go this year. |
Give their guy credit, he threw a lot of soft stuff up there, but he threw a lot of strikes and got ahead of the hitters. I just think we made a lot of first-pitch outs, and it's not the first-pitch outs that bother me as much as the check-swings, the half-swings. |
Hector had a nice game at shortstop for us. I felt Eugene Julien was a little rusty out there, so I gave him the night off. Hector made some nice defensive plays in the field, got a big hit and drove in a big run. |
I didn't expect to play today, and it sounds even worse for tomorrow (today), so we'll see what happens. You never know with the weather. We wanted to play if we could and we were able to. (Campanelli head groundskeeper) Tommy Hassett is the best groundskeeper I've ever been around and we've got the best field I've seen, and that allows us to play after all that rain. |
I don't think Dorn was his usual sharp self tonight. I really don't think he has had his really good stuff the last couple of starts. I don't know why, but that's how it looked to me. |
I have had four wonderful years here, and I am not going to go home and mow the lawn. There are some great lawns out there, but lawns are left, center and right. |
I know I'll never win championships here like Coach Colombo did for all those years, but he told me a lot of things about what Brockton is about. |
I like the way things are going for us right now, |
I think the teams we have had here have been Brockton kind of teams, hard-working blue-collar type guys who play the game the way it's supposed to be played and how the people here expect you to play. |
I think we're in good shape for the rest of this series, pitching-wise. I'm hoping I won't even have to use the bullpen tomorrow night (tonight) with (Grant) Dorn and Can (Oil Can Boyd) pitching for us. |
I was real proud of the job Shad did, |
I'm a neighborhood-bar kind of guy, anyway. I'd just as soon have a hamburger and fries as have a steak or a fancy meal. I like to be around people I consider my friends, and I've made a lot of friends in my four years here. |
I'm very proud of what this organization has done in terms of our involvement in the community, |