[Indians centre-fielder Grady Sizemore lost Paul Phillips' deep fly in the sun in the ninth inning, allowing Angel Berroa to score the winning run for Kansas City Royals in a 5-4 victory Sunday.] I saw it. It was right at me, ... It just got in the sun. I knew it was going to be in the sun. I tried to wait for it to come out and I just never saw it. |
As a player, you don't care about payroll, ... You believe you can compete and it's not about how much money you spend. |
Cliff was great, and really our whole starting staff has been great. They've done a great job of carrying us all year. It seems like they keep us in every game. |
Every game is big, ... Especially here in the last month and against the Twins. It's a team that we battle with all year and it's a big game for both teams. |
He just kept the ball down, did a good job, made his pitches. We didn't do a good job making adjustments, so we helped him out a little bit. |
He's a tough pitcher. You want to come out early and hopefully get him a little rattled. Get the lineup going as soon as you can. It seemed to work. |
He's making them count. He's done a good job of carrying this offense, being in the middle part of the order. He's been a big guy for us. What he's going through now, he's doing what we all know he can do. It's nice to have a hitter like that hot at this time of year. |
Hopefully we'll get some extra credit and bump that grade up. |
I always feel like that. That's what I love about the game. There's always pressure in baseball. |
I didn't even know it until somebody told me, ... I guess it's kind of cool. But it doesn't change anything about where we are team-wise. |
I didn't expect it to happen this fast. I'm just trying to learn. The more I get out there, the better I play. |
I didn't expect it to happen this fast. Last year, I was just trying to make the team. |
I don't consider myself a home-run hitter. I don't try to hit home runs. But the more I play, the better I feel. Who knows what might happen? Like I say, I'm not trying to hit home runs - but I like it when I do. |
I figured with two strikes that I didn't have a lot to lose, ... With (Travis) Hafner up there I had a lot of room to move, so I took off. |
I figured with two strikes that I didn't have a lot to lose, ... With (Travis) Hafner up there I had a lot of room to move, so I took off. |