You can always tell how Ben is feeling by his personality. |
You can blame our hitters all you want, |
You can run into trouble in July and August if you're not careful (with the bullpen) now. We have to take some pressure off those guys. |
You can't explain it. That's why it's a game. |
You can't have your defensive guys everywhere. It wasn't like Brady was playing with his back against the wall. Brady came in a few steps. He just hit it under the coverage. It would be nice if you could have 15 guys out there, but you can't. |
You can't really hit or miss on one outing. |
You can't use it very often. |
You don't really count on scoring five runs against Roger Clemens. He didn't have great stuff but the thing about that kind of pitcher is that he finds ways to compete even when he doesn't have his best stuff. Any time you beat, you've done something. |
You don't really sit there and count them down. There was some confusion on the bench if there were four or five home runs. |
You get a little nervous. But you can't play scared, and we have to get better. We were awful shaky in the beginning, but guys relaxed and started getting better. I was pleased with the work done. |
You get nervous, but you can't play scared. We've got to get better. That's how you get better. We were awful shaky in the beginning and guys started relaxing a little bit and got better. I was pleased with the way it worked out. |
You get the adrenaline going. The first time out, it happens. |
You have to have that type of balance. You got a 25-man team and every man has to go out there and do his job. That's what happened in that (seventh) inning. Now, we've got talented, experienced veteran leadership in Carlos (Lee) and (Geoff) Jenkins, Ben Sheets. We've got the young kids learning and playing hard, too. It's a nice blend to have. |
You just kind of felt that. I turned around and said, 'Prince is going to win it for us right here.' He's too good a player, too good a hitter, to have it go an extended amount of time. |
You really can't count on scoring five runs off of Roger Clemens, but tonight, luckily, we did. Any time you can beat him, you've done something. |