He's the definition of pitching. He's not overpowering, he doesn't have this tremendous stuff. He gets it done every day. |
Here, with the crowd, it's a playoff type of atmosphere with each pitch. I think everybody collectively is taking responsibility. They're looking forward to trying to make that push to the postseason. It's time to get into first place and get some room, or stay in [the Wild Card race]. I think we've got a good shot at it. We're the only team in it who hasn't gelled all year. We've been up, we've been down, we've been up, and we've been down. Hopefully, in this last month, we can win seven in a row and get the lead here. |
Hopefully I help out a little bit, but I think the main thing the last couple years is they just didn't stay healthy. I believe if they stayed healthy, they already had a great team before me. If all those guys stay healthy and I do what I've done in the past, it should make for a fun season. |
Hopefully it'll be a different story here this year. It's important to win here. |
I didn't like the way they came out the other night. I wanted them to come out like the Spurs, within the first five minutes, the game was over. I still think they are going to be all right. I'm kind of torn. I can't really talk about them too much here in Chicago. They love their sports out here. I have to root for the Heat silently around here. I'm definitely rooting for them, though. They play Thursday here, and we have an off-day. I'm going to see if I can sneak in there. |
I don't care about that stuff. I'd rather go unnoticed anyway. As long as I help the team win and get to the World Series, that's all I need. Whether there's two fans there or 20,000 in the stands, I'm going to play the same. |
I haven't been getting on base as much as I'd like to be. This shows that speed can play a part. You don't expect three bad pickoff throws. You see something new in baseball every day. |
I haven't seen an inning like that before. There's no explanation. We looked like we had the game in hand. Then all the wheels fell off. It's tough to swallow, especially at this time of season. |
I haven't seen anything like it. I can't even explain it. It looked like we had everything in hand. To see the wheels fall off, it's a tough one to swallow, especially at this time of year. |
I just misplayed a couple of balls, ... No excuses. I just missed them. |
I just misplayed a couple of balls. No excuses. I just missed them. |
I just missed it, ... Nobody expected us to play like that. We're a good defensive team. |
I know my teammates are counting on me. I know what I can do for this club, ... You got to suck it up and deal with it. I'm not going to hang my head about it. I sure don't want to let any of my teammates see me hanging my head. |
I know the crowd was giving Dunn a hard time, but I was in the outfield, and it's not that easy out there. That wind was bad, and it was pretty tough. |
I know the pitching has been pretty much good the whole year, ... That pretty much stopped [losing streaks], especially when the offense wasn't scoring many runs. We went on that stretch where they were awesome. We were scoring three and four runs and they were doing the rest. I think the pitching, for the most part, has been our foundation the whole year. |