There's obviously a good chance of that. |
This is what we always wanted to be. I didn't want to put another jersey on, he didn't want to either. This is what it's all about. |
This is what we talked about for years and years, ... Obviously, this is a dream come true for us. |
This is what we wanted to do, ... We wanted to be part of something special here in Houston. |
This was what we wanted to do, ... We spent a lot of time in this city and this organization trying to get to this particular point. |
Today didn't go that well. My arm was bothering me from when I woke up, so I'm hoping it's just that I slept on it wrong. I tried to get loose and see if felt any better, but it didn't, so I just didn't want to take my chances. Playing catch is no fun, but that's secondary right now. That'll come, hopefully, in another couple of weeks. |
Today it wasn't bad, for me to be able to come back after the other night and be able to bounce back. I'm happy with it. I don't expect to be able to know whether I can play right now. This is a little too early, I've got to get through my soreness first and then a little later on see what I can do. Right now my main focus is to get out there and throw the ball in between innings, get my legs under me, things like that. |
Towards the end of my career, I didn't want an opportunity like this to go by. |
We talked about taking a month or so to try to strengthen my shoulder and try to see how my shoulder reacted to non-baseball things. Not throwing a baseball, not hitting a baseball every day. |
We win that game, it changes the whole series. But the bottom line is, we didn't, and we've got to deal with that. |
We're ready to go and beat them. |
What led me to this (decision) was the tremendous amount of pain that I just couldn't deal with anymore. |
What led me to this (decision) was the tremendous amount of pain that I just couldn't deal with anymore. I played a couple of days in a row. I came out that first game. Then I played a couple days and I got through it. And I was like, 'All right, let's see what's happening here.' I had to come out of the game in Detroit. |
When I came back, we decided to give it a try and see how I would do. I told them: I can give you a good at bat and I think I can help the team. I can hit a home run now. I can get a base hit to right field. I'm just a lot stronger -- and I've been in these situations, runners in scoring position. |
When you come in here, it's no different from anybody else, ... except when the game starts. |