I had a blast. It was very intense and every game was a must-win game. I would do it again if asked and almost every player I have talked to from different nations would come back again. It was terrific chemistry and I'm thankful I got the opportunity. |
I have a gut feeling he's going to pitch. |
I looked at the scoreboard at the end of the game. We weren't going to win, 1-0. They flat-out outplayed us, and you have to give all the credit to Vazquez for holding down this offense. |
I think everybody in baseball knew, even before the All-Star break last year, that we were going to play this Baseball Classic, and everybody that had the desire to play prepared themselves to play for this tournament. Yes, they didn't have 100 at-bats or whatever before this, but we got all the way to the seventh game. We played two rounds, the guys saw enough pitches, they had enough at-bats. There are no excuses. |
I think it really helped [to understand him] that he went to a bigger market team. |
I think it's going to be a terrific atmosphere. The four teams here are going to have good baseball. |
I think our pitching was great. Actually things kind of flip-flopped a little bit. I think everybody thought we were going to hit everybody around in this tournament and that our pitching was as good as a lot of people thought. Our pitching did a very good job, and we just fell short. It wasn't lack of pitching at all. |
I think we can play a lot better. I think we could have scored at least 12 runs. We didn't do the things we were supposed to do. |
I think we could play a lot better than what we played. I think we should have scored at least 12 runs. |
I would start spring training a week earlier so the players would get five or six exhibition games in before starting. |
I'm very happy with the performance of the guys here. And everybody had a chance to play. |
If you're going to get hurt, you're going to get hurt, whether you're in spring training or the World Baseball Classic. But I want everybody to understand, we're not going out there only trying to win and forgetting about our players. We have a responsibility to the organizations that are allowing the players to play, and we're also going to try to get them ready for the regular season. |
If you're looking for the best players at this time, you can be sure to find them on the Dominican team. |
It is a sign of what we can do. |
It took me by surprise that a team with such tradition as the Dodgers would consider me. I'm going with an open mind as if the job was mine. The Dodgers are equal to baseball, so I feel proud to be considered to be their manager. |