Towers has come into his own. He competes as well as anybody out there. He throws strikes. He's a winner. He's always been an underdog, but he's earned it to be one of the five guys. |
Until [Johnson is] ready, we'll just tell him to baby it. If a guy runs, just flip it in. We already know he can throw. ... He's a sparkplug-type guy. I know he felt good because it's been a while [since he's played in a game]. You always worry when you get injuries. |
Very few guys come along like that, once every 20, 30 years, guys who take the game by storm right out of the gates. Hernandez is just way ahead of most 19 year olds, that's the difference. Otherwise these guys don't get here that fast. Same thing with Gooden. I don't know about that comparison yet, but he'd be pretty good if he is. |
We are hoping it's not. Even if it's not something serious, it's going to set him back a little bit anyways. |
We battled, we hung in there and gave ourselves some chances. They came through. |
We came back, took the lead and then gave it right back. It's typical of us -- we don't go away, |
We came back, took the lead and then gave it right back. It's typical of us -- we don't go away. We wanted to finish [at .500], but in my opinion, it's not going to make or break your year. Sure, it would've been nice, but I just look at the big picture. ... Regardless, we still finished third in the division, and that's not what you want anyway. |
We could go with Reed if he's in a particular lineup. We might have McDonald in there against certain lefties. There's some flexibility there. I expect Russ to be even better there this year after getting the first year under his belt. |
We could probably use some of those later in the year. |
We didn't believe the imposition of a liquor license suspension was commensurate with the offense. We were expecting to get a warning or something of that nature. |
We don't know how bad it will be, |
We don't like to see him. We don't like to see the guy behind him either, |
We don't need one leader. We just need everyone to come together. Vernon and Zaun and I'm sure the new guys will do their part, too. |
We don't want to throw him out there just for the sake of throwing him out there. |
We even talked about it last winter, about him possibly being the leadoff guy to start the season, |