Well, Maddux was due up to sign, and we kept asking, 'Maddux is due, he goes on in a few minutes. Where's Greg? Where's Greg.' And we turned around, and he's there. He had come up, his glasses on, and he walked right through the crowd and nobody saw that it was Greg Maddux. He didn't put on any airs. He was so natural. |
(Clemens) is tough enough to hit when it's over the plate and if he starts getting a big plate, that's going to be tough for us. I know in our ballpark, both Tim (McClelland) and Greg (Gibson), and I think Wally will, too, will call a good game and not get excited about the home crowd. You always worry when a guy has good command that he can get somebody excited. |
(He's got to) just keep doing what he's been doing. You just play him enough to where he's got good timing, and then try to get him nice and fresh to start it. |
(John Mabry) can play, so physically we're in good shape, |
(John Mabry) can play, so physically we're in good shape. |
(Opponents) still think he's a dangerous hitter, ... I don't think clubs look forward to facing him. If you think there's somebody who gives you a better chance to win than Larry, you put that person in there. I don't see him. |
[? Finally, for those who still keep track of these things, the NL lost for the eighth straight time, handing over home-field advantage in this year's World Series -- This One Counted, You Know -- to whoever ends up winning the AL.] I guarantee you, ... that we won't have one thought about not having the home-field advantage. |
[Afterward neither La Russa nor pitching coach Dave Duncan ruled out Marquis making another start.] I think there's a chance he'll start, ... I can't promise but it will be considered. |
[Carpenter is] really going after hitters, and ... getting in situations and making pitches and staying away from the big damage. I mean, that's what he's been doing consistently. |
[It was] not automatic, but he's the guy that got recommended. He pitched well enough to earn the call. |
[La Russa on Saturday suggested Brad Thompson would be Mulder's replacement if he couldn't pitch on Sunday. Duncan preferred Eldred.] Cal's had four days off and he's done it before, ... Thompson has pitched well in his role so why disrupt him? |
[ST. LOUIS: 2B Mark Grudzielanek did not play due to a minor back injury. ... Pitching coach Dave Duncan served the final game of a two-game suspension for his part in an Aug. 24 altercation with Pirates hitting coach Gerald Perry. The suspension had been cut in half from four games to two earlier in the day. ... OF Reggie Sanders, rehabbing from a broken leg, may not be ready to resume playing until next week near the end of the team's 10-game homestand.] He's a day farther along, ... Reggie, he's the perfect guy to ask. |
[The Cardinals' last offer included significant deferred money with interest, which could have brought the package up to $39 million. The Red Sox's bid did not include deferrals and includes a club option for 2009.] I think we went beyond reasonable for us, ... There is a figure that doesn't make sense for us to pay. ... I thought $8 million was at the top of where we should be. He indicated he wanted to stay. It still wasn't enough. |
[The game stood at 8-0 when the bullpen took over in the seventh inning.] I don't discount the score, ... When Izzy had to make a pitch, he made the pitch. At the end of the game, we were shaking hands. |
[The performance is] good for [the media, so they will] get off his case a little bit. |