Let's face it -- unless you have a contract for next year, which none of us do, it's always tough. In the coaches room, you talk about what you think is going to happen next year. Now, when the manager gets fired, it's even more amplified because nobody knows what's going to happen. |
Mac's a very competitive person and this has been difficult for him the last couple of weeks. It's not easy when you're not winning. ... I don't have a magic bullet, but I'm going to do the best I can to get something positive out of the last three weeks. |
My chances are 50-50. If it doesn't happen, I was told I'd be offered something in the system. But I'm also free to look around and see if anything else comes up. |
One game doesn't mean everything but, needless to say, that's a pressure situation. He showed me something. He was nasty. |
One of those things. I'd like to think that, if we got 15 hits again tomorrow, we'd score a few more than two runs. |
Our offense needs some tinkering to make a few things happen. |
Paul pitched extremely well. But he looked like he was out of gas, maybe because he was on base so long right before that. |
Rick White showed me something. He's been overworked, but he got the job done. |
Sometimes you make the change for the obvious reasons. I didn't think I saw quality pitches. He had a high pitch count and I didn't have a good feeling about it. |
Spin's trying to exhaust everything to help Kip get through his last two starts. |
That guy Eckstein, I hate facing him with the game on the line. He's an outstanding clutch hitter. |
That's a lot of pitches in five innings. He's fighting to get on track. Sometimes you just have to go out there and forget about the corners. He's got that kind of stuff where if he just keeps the ball down in the zone, he'll be OK. |
That's the best we've seen him in a long time. You could tell by his swagger he felt pretty good about himself. That told us a lot. |
The trainer recommended he didn't play today just to be cautious. |
There are too many ifs going on. |