[Darling] made two horrible calls on me and you can clearly see on TV. All I did was hold my bat up and tell him that he should try it. |
At least I wasn't pulled out of the lineup like I was in the doubleheader. How can you fault a guy for wanting to play? We don't make out the lineup. |
Best hitting coach in baseball, ... He has this way of communicating and getting things through to you. We look at what we're doing like what Tiger Woods went through, revamping the swing. He took a few steps back and one step forward. |
Eddie is a guy who usually comes right after you throwing strikes. So I was swinging coming out of the gate. He just missed. |
For me, it came down to I just didn't want to leave. I had just signed a [four-year] contract. We had just built a house ? |
He's going to be darn good. You've got to remember he's only 20 years old. You don't see arms like his come along very often. |
He's obviously capable of driving the ball out of the ballpark. Things sometimes come in bunches. You'd like to see them come consistently, but Kevin has one of the best right-handed swings around. He can help us when he gets hot. |
Hopefully, this team will start winning and they don't have anybody else to boo and it'll be smooth sailing in San Diego for a while. |
I didn't handle anything well. It was my most embarrassing season, and I was basically immature about the whole situation. |
I feel comfortable here. Last year, I wasn't at all. It was my fault for not handling the trade well. |
I felt for Bard behind the plate. That job is not fun, it's a battle every five days. I'd rather hit it than catch it. |
I guess my job, ... is to come out and do well in batting practice. |
I hate to keep saying it's early every day. It's obviously ... hopefully there's some learning experience in this. We've got to start finding ways to win and not keep finding ways to lose. |
I just go up there and whale away after it and hope it hits the barrel of the bat. I don't think there's any plan. The biggest key is having guys on base. When you do that, he has to throw it for a strike. If he does, he might leave it up, it will tumble more and you can get good swings at it. |
I think everybody in here will be disappointed if we don't win the division title. |