It makes the manager a little bit happier and you don't lose sleep over that, ... I tried to bunt a couple of bad balls. Even if I had moved the runners over, that's a success. That's what I was trying to do. |
It will be interesting, ... I'm kind of interested to see what transpires. |
It's a great time to be a Blue Jay. |
It's tough to do like J.J. [Hardy, the rookie shortstop] did and just go right into starting, ... You're expected to win and perform on a short leash. It's nice that Prince can get a start here and there, and I think that's going to help him in the future. I would have loved that opportunity. |
Location. He's down, he's away, he's in. His balls go away from the middle of the plate. |
So far it's going good. I'm kind of getting used to the pitchers getting over (to cover first base), who gets over good and who doesn't and what kind of athletes they are. |
That was typical Bagwell, ... You're never safe, even if he hasn't seen live pitching for two years or two months. He's going to give you a battle. The crowd got into it, and I think that pumped him up. |
That was typical Bagwell. You're never safe, even if he hasn't seen live pitching for two years or two months. |
That's always a concern when a guy like him goes down. We're going to have to overcome some things. |
That's expected, they've always been up top. That's fine. It matters where we finish. That's all that matters. We've got a team that can compete with them and do that. It's just a matter of going out and doing it. |
That's the big question, ... It'll work out for both of us, I think. |
The hype was there and the vibe was there, so it didn't really catch me off guard. I'm just happy to be a part of it and there's more to come, right there. |
We got good guys to hit and run, to steal bases so we don't have to wait for the three-run home run. But it's always nice to have that option. ... It makes everybody better in that lineup. |
We've got a tough road ahead of us, but we've played good against guys like that, ... and we owe Oswalt a beating. |
You get those guys with the high ERAs and you expect to go out there and beat up on them. You try to do too much. I think more times than not we get ourselves out against guys like that. |