The last pitch is the best pitch he had to hit. It had plate. He just threw it by him. |
Their game is to wear you down, |
There is nobody who is more prepared or more intelligent about the game of baseball, |
There may be some blame on both sides. Randy may have stepped over the line, and Fieldin may have gotten carried away too quickly. But when you see the umpire take off his mask, you know you have to be careful. |
There was blame on both sides. |
This is the day Randy Johnson stepped up to the plate. You can say maybe this is the game we got him for, whatever. A game of this magnitude, against that team, being four games down - he stepped up today. |
To be up, 3-0, and not be able to stretch it out, ... that's probably where we lost it. |
Today didn't go the way I wanted to. You're not expected to hit it but you are expected to catch it. |
We fell asleep a little bit defensively, and we couldn't recover. |
We got to where we want to be, but it doesn't change the focus of this team at all. This is going to be a grind all the way out. |
We saw a lot more strikeouts looking inside, which we haven't seen all year from Randy. He was able to keep that ball in there, keep it straight in there where it's not running back over the plate. |
We want Randy to show some emotion out there, so when he does it, you like him to channel it in the right way. Unfortunately, tonight it was directed towards the umpire. |
We were striking guys out with the high fastball, |
We're pitching well right now. Every time we go out there, it seems like we're getting a quality start. Hopefully, that will continue. |
We've been seeing some good things from Randy. We're starting to see that Randy Johnson attitude that we've been looking forward to seeing. |