I knew we'd eventually bust out. You just never know when it's going to happen. We were taking good swings before that, there was good energy on the bench. We just stayed aggressive and kept swinging. |
I look at it as the last thing about that team. [It's] the last piece to the puzzle. |
I said before the series it was not the end of the season for any team, if they swept us or we swept them. ... It's still up for grabs, everything is up for grabs. But we are still 2 games up, and I like having the lead. |
I said before the series it was not the end of the season for any team, if they swept us or we swept them. ... It's still up for grabs, everything is up for grabs. But we are still 2.50 games up, and I like having the lead. |
I said before the series it was not the end of the season for any team, if they swept us or we swept them. ... It's still up for grabs, everything is up for grabs. But we are still 2½ games up, and I like having the lead. |
I think it's a good thing that we had it this week because there was a chance that if we waited it out, something could have happened next week. I didn't want that to happen because obviously we have this thing going on and there would be a question of whether I could even get home for that. |
I think the way our team is playing right now anybody could hit that home run, ... We're so selfless right now it's not like one guy is getting that hit, it's like every single guy is swinging all at once. We're not focusing on individual stuff. We're just looking at the scoreboard and trying to put up runs. |
I think they were close. I think they were beating on our door, then [Ortiz] came close again. I didn't sense necessarily any tightness for them. We knew what was coming. We know they're a loose group. I didn't sense any panic on their part by any means. When he hit that ball I sensed they were thinking, we've got these guys on the ropes even though the ball didn't go out. |
I think we had the team to do this (win the pennant), |
I think we're a little bit different than last year. Some of it's a little bit better. Some of it's a little worse at this point, but I think the main thing is, 'Do you have enough to win the division?' I think we have enough. |
I think we've done a good job of not worrying about the history of the organization or what different teams haven't done and why they haven't won, ... I think that's what the Red Sox did last year. They had to block all that out. It took a group of guys saying 'Why can't we win?' I think in so many words that's what our team has done. We sat around and looked at each other and said 'We can play.' |
I was pretty close. It definitely came down to the wire. |
I was surprised he came in so hard. I thought he might break it down. I don't know if he knew the speed he was dealing with. But once he started to fall, he had to get rid of it. If he had fallen and tried to get up and throw it, we wouldn't have had him. |
I was trying so stay in there but not try to do too much. Home runs happen when you least expect it. That was definitely the case there. |
I was trying to just resist the urge to think that he was going to walk me and start over with the next guy because when you do that, you usually let a good one go, |