I thought he dropped it on purpose. The guy caught everything against us and was all over the field. |
I thought he dropped it on purpose. This guy has caught everything all series. Then there's a line drive to him and he boots it? |
I thought he went [around]. What I think doesn't count. |
I thought he went. But it doesn't matter what I think. |
I thought our makeup was going to be our strength, |
I told him I was appreciative of him giving me the job, |
I view the whole thing as the window is getting smaller. |
I view the whole thing as the window is getting smaller. If he's fine today, maybe Friday he'll throw to some hitters. We'll just go step by step. |
I was not optimistic that he'd be able to give us much. And because I know what a great kid Mark is and how hard he'd been working, I felt a lot worse for him than I did for the team. |
I was thinking perhaps they may walk him. Then I would have Chris [ Singleton ] up there hitting with one out and Chris got speed. Chance of a double play diminished a little bit. |
I wasn't going to bring him into a 1-0 game the first time back. There was a lot of drama in that game. It wasn't for the faint of heart. |
I wasn't throwing them out there. The guys want to win. When you don't win, some guys throw things. That's fine. You call it frustration, other people say you want to see a little fire. You saw a little fire coming out of the dugout when the game was over. |
I watched his batting practice yesterday, and he swung OK. We'll see if it carries over to today. |
I went to take Kennedy out and (catcher) Jason Kendall asked me how my heart rate was. I thought it got in a little on him (Teixeira). You can get it in on him, and the ball can still go out. Maybe (my rate) was elevated. I'll have to check the monitor. |
I wish the news would be better on that front, but it's not. |