He's the best clutch hitter in the game. If there's an M.V.P. in the American League, he's getting my vote times a zillion. |
He's usually a down-and-away guy. On 3 and 1, I shut my swing down a little bit and got a nice pitch he left over the middle. |
I didn't have a grip on that ball. I shouldn't have thrown it. |
I don't like going 180 at-bats without a home run, but this game is tough, ... If it was easy, there would be more than 750 [Major Leaguers] in the world. You know, it's a tough game, it's a battle. It felt good to contribute to a big win tonight. That was the big thing. |
I don't think Torii Hunter would have had that ball. |
I gotta stay in tight with him. I can't let him get his arms extended. I'm going to work the body and the lower knee area. |
I like people. I like my teammates. I can't stand cliques. I'm not a very good player, but I will bring a presence (where) there's not many cliques. If there's an intangible, I bring that intangible. |
I love it here. Baltimore is a great baseball town and Camden Yards is a great stadium. I've always liked Camden Yards, and it's even better being on the home side. We've got a football field for a clubhouse, an awesome jacuzzi and our own parking lot. How can you complain? |
I love it. I've done it my whole career. I enjoy giving the flexibility to the manager. But the main place you want to play is in the batter's box. I want to hit, I want to go to the plate. It doesn't matter if I'm at DH, first, left, right, or third base. |
I mean, every year's different. You don't want to make a living doing this, but we find a way to toughen up when it's crunch time and we got to win each inning right now. We don't have an inning to give away. |
I pulled the ball a lot more than I wanted to the last couple years. The big thing is that I've squared back up, and I'm allowing my hands to work. |
I think (the fans) can relate with me because I was just a normal old guy. Just being normal. Wasn't the most talented guy, but they can always remember, 'At least he gave us 100 percent of what he had, which wasn't a lot.' Team guy, fun guy and nothing more than that. |
I think he's the best big-game pitcher of our generation. |
I think right now everybody has already showered it off. We'll be playing cards on the plane and getting ready for the Orioles series. One thing is we have short-term memories -- that's the Sox. That's what you have to have in this game. We've had our backs against the wall, we've had adversity, we've had positives. But we're going to battle all the way to the end. |
I would not want anybody on the mound in Game 2 other than Pedro Martinez. Because I'm his daddy. |