His stuff was as good as it's been all year. His fastball had excellent life. |
Hopefully [Ellis] will get on and give Jason a hole to shoot for [between first and second base]. We're just trying it out. |
Hopefully something will work out, ... You have experiences, and that was a growing experience. |
Hopefully, we've got him swinging good. We're definitely going to need him in these last two weeks. It'd be nice to see it carry over. |
How many games have we won? Three. And he's kind of won all three of them, hasn't he? |
I asked him if he was fatigued or anything, ... He said, 'No,' so I said, 'Then let's let 'er rip.' |
I can go home and sleep and know that we used tremendous character to get through this season, |
I can't really explain our success in this park. It's luck I guess. I know there have been a lot of one-run victories. |
I can't say enough about him. This guy wants to be a key part of winning games. |
I consider that a pretty big win there, especially when one of our top pitchers goes down. They ground it out in the face of adversity when they had an opportunity to give up, and they didn't do that. |
I decided we'd had enough of a cooling-off period, |
I don't know how you get Comeback Player of the Year, but Mark didn't play at all last year and now he's hitting .300. |
I don't know if I have a whole lot of options. I've been moving many people around because we don't have Crosby in there. It's tough when you lose your No. 3 hitter. |
I don't know where this franchise would be if not for his services. He's impacted a number of wins that we've had, played great second base and done a credible job at shortstop. He's always ready to play, has a tremendous attitude and is full of energy. We should sign him to a long-term contract. |
I don't think anybody can go out there and perform when they're uptight. |