It's tough when your playing them (one-run games) that often, |
It's what Ozzie said from Day 1 of spring training: 'You come to play every day. Whatever it is you do, do it the same way every day, ... 'I don't care what you did the day before, good or bad or what the team did the day before, good or bad. You do the same every day.' And guys latched on to it, and it's worked. |
Juan is the only guy on this team capable of making that play. But every guy on this team would have dove for it. |
Keep playing like that and it'll turn. We're on the right track, I can tell. It's still in our hands, and there aren't many teams in baseball that can say making the playoffs is in their hands. |
kind of an out-of-body thing. |
Last year, we won a lot of games where we didn't hit the ball well. We're trying to sure that up and score some runs, and then hopefully combine that with the pitching. You have to say that we're a better team on paper because we've gotten better offensively. |
Later on, if the media ask him, he's not going to sugarcoat it for them. He's going to tell them what he told you. |
Like the Red Sox last year, I think blocking out what's happened to the organization in the past is key, |
Low blow, low blow, low blow, |
Maybe he's right; maybe 'The Truth' has spoken. |
No question there's disappointment that it's gotten to the point it's gotten to. But I think we've done a pretty good job of realizing, 'OK, you know, it is a race. Let's not try and be in denial about it.' This is a race, it's tightened up. So now let's play ball. |
Not too many times are you going to hit a grand slam in the World Series and that would be the second-best thing that happened all week. |
numb to the fact there hasn't been a winner for so long. |
On paper, it looks really good. But we still have to win our division, and then take out chances in the playoffs. If there's one thing I like, it's the pitching staff. I think that was the key for us last season. We have the potential to score more runs this year, especially with a proven guy like Jim (Thome) in the lineup. But with our pitching, they're not going to need a lot of help on most nights. |
One win takes care of it. |