"The objective here is to win the World Series, not to beat the Yankees," Ramirez said. "They're the ones who got the rings. We don't got nothing." |
[Martinez said he tried to talk Little into letting him take the mound in the eighth.] He asked me if I had enough bullets in my tank, and I said yes, ... I would never say no. And I would be telling you exactly the same thing if Grady had let me stay in the game. |
[The shoe] will allow me to do what I have to do. |
A pretty good day, especially as far as I'm feeling with my arm. I'm getting accustomed to the mound. I felt a little bit uncomfortable, but not anything that will stop me from what I'm doing. |
a very tough decision. |
A-Rod is probably the only guy I could compare him to at the same age, ... Alex had some unbelievable numbers at 21, 22. |
All of a sudden, two pitches and I lost it. I blew it at the end. |
At 2-0 I wanted to throw a strike, I wanted to get him. It was a cutter. But Mike didn't waste any time and he does really well against me in his career. |
At first I felt a little tentative. If I wanted to throw hard, from the first inning on, I could've, but you have to be careful. It's my first time out, adrenaline is running, you have to just try to be as normal as possible and be careful how you do things. |
At least I'm going to be out there. I might not be as sharp as everybody is used to seeing me, but I'll be out there, and that's probably the main thing right now. |
At my Mom's house on the farm, it get's so dark, you look at the stars and and you feel like you can just reach out and grab them. I love her so much and I love this place so much, it hurts. I stay here because I need to find myself again after playing in the States. Here it's me talking. It's my soul talking. |
Based on what I did in the simulation game, that's what I would think I would do. I am definitely looking forward to it. |
Because I want to have my arm in good shape, I need to have my legs in good shape. Without a leg, there is no arm. |
Call me when we get Manny. |
Even if we get everything [the governor] has promised, we would still have to cut [in the classroom] because of the pension issue. |