We've thought about it, |
Well, they're playing at home. They're the best club in baseball at home, so you don't think about them. You think about us. |
Well, we want to win our division, no question, ... [But] the way we've been playing all year, it's nice to have [the wild card]. Right now, we know what we want to do, we want to win the division, we're shooting at Boston, but we also know how tough it's been to get where we are right now, and whatever perk we get from this thing, we're gonna certainly have earned it. |
What happened to my green tea? |
What I've seen so far, I like him. When you look at it, there's no room. But if somebody makes a case, you've got to figure something out. That's the way I look at it. |
What we need is length out of our starting pitchers. Moose probably needs another start or two before he gets there. El Duque is still developing arm strength. The one thing we've always stressed here during our success is the role of the starting pitchers. That's where it all begins for us. |
Whatever there is for him there, he'll handle it fine. He has a sense of humor about this stuff, and that's important. |
When a guy like that goes out there you feel you have the edge. |
When a man is diagnosed, he needs someone thinking clearly. I found friends who had had it only after I went public a couple of years ago. |
When he comes, he's gonna come quick. |
When he goes to the mound and says something to a pitcher, he's speaking from experience. He's telling the pitcher what he's supposed to feel like, because he's been out there in key situations. He has the ability to get that across. |
When he goes to the plate, he's not affected by the situation, other than that he's probably more determined. |
When he's talking about baseball, he's right on. He doesn't miss a trick. He wants to make every road trip, he watches little things that Jorge [Posada] does behind the plate, and it comes back to him. It's wonderful. |
When I was playing with the Cardinals, and Jerry Grote always had a way of aggravating people, so you go and get him, and I got him one time ? with my speed, I didn't get many people. I thought I was going to get him again, and you close your eyes just before you have that impact, and he was missing, I rolled halfway to the dugout. I hit nobody. |
When Jeter hit into a double play again - you don't see that happen two days in a row, usually - you've got to think something's coming. Then you don't think when you're down with two outs, that you'll get a single and a homer. But Jason was huge for us again. |