Hopefully he can find ways to just have a comfortable lifestyle. Hopefully he's gaining more and more experience with it every year. That's what happens when you're the best right-handed hitter in the game. |
I didn't tag him flush. I wasn't sure I nicked him or not. |
I don't think we had any anxiety. We didn't pitch well those two games, we didn't pitch well at all. |
I just think it should be David Ortiz. Period. The contribution he brings is tremendous. He's just been such a big part of our success. |
I knew it was coming. Believed it was coming. |
I think he did have to battle with it. |
I think he's been working his way to health and strength and being a pitcher again. He had a major injury he had repaired this offseason. He's real close. If he throws the ball like he did today, it gives us an opportunity to win a lot of games. |
I think he's going to help us. |
I think his personality in the clubhouse and his ability to communicate with the pitchers will be good. That's not taking anything away from Josh. Josh brought a ton of communication with the pitchers and he did an excellent job with that, communicating back and forth. I know Dougie really well. He's a very good friend a great teammate. |
I think our pitching has gotten stronger in the last two weeks. We still have to continue to be better, but we added some depth in our bullpen. |
I think that's what makes this lineup good is that different people contribute on different nights. We're going to have our times where our big dogs are going to carry us. But when different people can contribute, that's when we're going to be our best. |
I think we just tried to do too much. We got ourselves out. |
I thought it was a very, very good outing. Maybe I saw something different than he felt. But I thought it was definitely a very good start for Curt. Today for me was definitely a step up. We just didn't get it done offensively. |
I'll have to do a lot of catch up. Hopefully, I can get with [first-base coach Bill Haselman], and he can keep me in the loop of what's going on. That's something I hope to do just to keep up-to-date with how guys are throwing. |
I'm not answering that either way. I will in the end, but no, I'm not answering that either way. No excuses, no blame, not saying anything either way. |