Nothing you could say or write about him would be good enough. He's why we're where we are. |
Of all the times I've been here, ... this was the most impressed I've ever been with one of our pitchers. |
Oh my God, he was unbelievable. At one point, I thought he was our best pitcher. Kirk was a big part of keeping us afloat. |
Regardless of what happened today, we've got to sweep. We'd need a miracle going for us to sweep them, but you never know. It was a miracle last year with Boston. |
Regardless, we needed to get something on the board with that at-bat. I'm the key guy in that spot to make something happen. I didn't come through. It hurt us right there. We have to get a run in, whether it's a flyball or something else. In that situation, I'm the person you want up there -- I'm the person I want up there. Hopefully, starting tomorrow, I'll have opportunities to redeem myself. |
Sometimes you really do have to tip your cap to the other guy. I mean, Colon is a legitimate Cy Young type of guy, and Lackey is right up there in the league in strikeouts. But tonight, we should have scored some runs off this guy. The rest of the league does. We're the only team the guy shuts out. |
Spring training doesn't matter. Stats don't matter. You take that time, especially the veteran guys, to get ready. |
That team is really built well — up and down the lineup, their bullpen, their starting pitching. I'd be really shocked not to see them in the playoffs. |
That was a big at-bat, it really hurt us. I was looking for a pitch to drive. For whatever reason I've been popping up a lot of pitches this year. Hopefully starting tomorrow I'll get some more chances to redeem myself. |
That was a situation where we needed to get something on the board. That was a key at-bat, and I didn't come through. That really hurt us. I wanted to be in that position. |
That's a good sign. The most important thing is we need our pitchers back in line. |
That's fine, all I need is about 45 to 50 at-bats and I'll be OK. |
The basic message was that he thinks this is a really special group of guys, and I couldn't agree more. |
The better teams are obviously in the American League. It's tough, but it makes for good baseball. Now the National League has to do some work to catch up. There's no doubt in my mind the top five, six teams are from the American League. |
The door is still open, even if it's a crack. We'll keep fighting until they tell us we can't make it and the season is over. |