They put the pressure on you, so you just try to keep them from gaining momentum. But tonight I wasn't able to do that, |
This will be a team that could possibly have the ability to surprise some people. |
To me, he's mature beyond his years. I look back to when I was his age. I don't think I would have handled things the way he does. I would have handled them completely differently ? more in a negative way. He seems to take it all in stride. It's almost like he's lived it before. |
To me, it's just another team across the field. It's just worked out that way. |
To me, more or less, I'm trying to find the feel for it. Where am I mentally? Where am I physically? And try to build from there. |
To me, you have to play all 162 games, whether you are playing well or playing poorly. |
Unfortunately, we're playing the spoiler, ... but it's nice to see these small things going on. |
We try to remind him to rely on his instincts -- he's been a catcher 18 years, he has to have instincts. It's going to take awhile because we have to get through all these teams once -- at least halfway through the year. |
What a great honor, ... Roberto Clemente may be the greatest humanitarian in the game of baseball. I commend the Clemente family for this award and I thank you from the bottom of my heart. |
Yeah. He's going to be busy this spring. |
You just have to look at it like you got your bad game out of the way. |