(When) you get a pitching performance like that, you want to get a win. We should be able to scrape together two or three runs, but we didn't get it done. Offensively, we have to get better. |
[Lee] was the one guy, I think, in the lineup that the opposing team really, really feared. Even on a bad day, he was going to get on two times. |
A guy who gives a pitching effort like that, we're supposed to catch balls behind him. From the stands, it looked like we had everything in hand. Then all of a sudden a ball here, a ball there and the wheels fall off. That's the beauty and the bad thing about baseball. You have to play the full nine. |
Every one of those throws would have been close. They just weren't accurate. He has a good, quick move. |
Everybody knows he's going to be special. It's just a matter of time. |
For us, every night is a heavyweight bout. You see guys concentrating more, getting more excited, getting more upset. We've got no room for error anymore. |
From the stands, it looked we had everything in hand. All of a sudden, a ball here and a ball there and the wheels fall off, |
He didn't give in to us. He pitched backwards - when we thought he was throwing the fastball, he would throw the changeup, and when we thought he was throwing the changeup, he would throw the fastball. He mixed it up well. He got a lead, and offensively we couldn't get anything going. |
He probably could get away with it for a couple of years, just being that fast. He is still young. The more he plays, the better he will get at it. He could probably just go out there with his raw speed right now and steal 30, 40 bases without even trying. |
He threw another 'high school' game for us where he's the best player on the field, the best hitter and everything. He hits the home runs and he usually pitches a shutout but he gave up two runs tonight. |
He throws a lot of strikes. And the pitches we did get to hit, we didn't do anything with them. |
He's a position player in a pitcher's body. |
He's a position player who's in a pitcher's body. |
He's doing something amazing out there this year, |
He's done that all year for us, coming through with big hits, |