We have a lot of expectations for ourselves, and obviously a lot of people have expectations of us. I can't think of a better way to start the year. |
We need to wipe away as much doubt about this as we possibly can. Anything we can do to take away people's suspicions, we need to do that. |
We were running out of outs. You don't get a lot of opportunities. |
We're as talented as anybody, no question about that. We have high expectations, and rightly so. |
We're just off to a good start, and they're not. It's just one series in April. What will it mean in a month if we win two of three or lose two of three? It means more than beating Milwaukee over the weekend. But it's still one series. |
We're off to a good start and we're trying to take advantage of it. It's important because they're in our division, but it's no more important than that. |
We're trying to make a name for the 40-and-older crowd. It's good to see guys with our style of pitching still doing it and doing pretty well. |
What may have happened in the past, it doesn't matter. This is a different year and a new team that's constructed a different way. Today, you saw what it is that we're excited about. |
What's going to happen when I try it against Atlanta? |
When I first met him and got to talking with him, the goofball side comes out, |
When you're going out there as a pitcher, there are some times where you feel like you can't afford to give up a run or two runs. That carries a lot of pressure. With the way we're set up right now, you don't figure that to be the case. You figure that these guys are going to score some runs, they're going to play defense and we know we've got a great bullpen coming in behind us. |
With all the guys in our lineup, you have to pitch to somebody. |
With me and him it's more about him trying to get me to change my game plan. He made me understand how good some of the other things were that I could do, get me to believe in that stuff. |
With this lineup, you figure most days we're going to score more than two runs. |
With three balls, Willie told me to put him on. That took care of it for me. I was intent on trying to make pitches and get back. ... Regardless of what his numbers say, he's still capable of doing a lot of things. He's the guy you don't want beating you. |