The kid has shown that he's not intimidated at all. He's got terrific stuff. I think he can go against any lineup in this tournament. |
There are no favorites in baseball. You can do it in basketball or hockey or any other sport, but in baseball there are no favorites. Our country expects a winning team and we are OK with that. We are going to go round-by-round, but we don't want to let our country down. |
There is a window in that we'll have big 27 show up for the next round. It's not etched in stone yet, but it's almost money in the bank and we're pretty excited about it. |
There's still a lot of baseball left in Sosa, he's only had one bad year and has a lot to offer the Dominican team. |
They always say the most important pitch in baseball is Strike 1. It's even more important now. |
They flat out outplayed us. |
This is the real kind of Caribbean World Series, especially having Cuba in there. |
This park brings back good and bad memories. We fell short, but it was good to make it here. Our expectations were very high because of the team we had, but I also understood that in baseball you never know because it's a very short tournament and anything can happen. I still think when you look at the size of the country where we come from and the number of players we have, we have the best athletes. |
This will be a game watched by every Dominican soul, the 8 million we have on the island and all the others spread around the world. |
We are giving [Guerrero] time, and we respect his decision. We will stand behind him. If he does not feel good mentally to play, we will go forward. |
We can feel the confidence he brings. |
We definitely know he's not going to be available for the first round. The priority is that he's healthy first. He does want to participate, and we do want him to participate. |
We felt relieved. These guys are professional. They've been playing in the big leagues for years and they're used to ups and downs. |
We had a window up until yesterday and it's just been shut. We support his decision, stand behind him - family comes first. And we're going to have to move on with what we have. |
We have a responsibility to get these guys ready for the regular season. We are doing pretty much what they do in Spring Training like fundamentals and extra work. We owe it to them and to the organizations that allowed these guys to play. |