A lot of first-pitch strikes, he kept you off balance with a lot of off-speed stuff after fastballs. Obviously that was effective because we didn't get too many square bats on the ball. |
A lot of them weren't even baseball fans. We passed out tickets to the game, to occupy their time right now. |
Around the field he was all business. He didn't really socialize or go out with us that often, but he didn't cause problems around the clubhouse, either. |
B-Rob was text messaging me every hour, 'Come on back, buddy. |
Basically, we are performers. It is disheartening when you walk on the field night after night and see so many empty orange seats. [Talks] have been going on for 12 years, and nothing has happened. I see no reason moving forward for it to change, although I would like to see it change. |
Every time someone goes out the door and someone comes in, you hope there's improvement, ... because we didn't make the playoffs. |
He doesn't give you many mistakes to hit and when he does it almost surprises you that he makes a mistake. |
He doesn't give you many mistakes to hit. It was just command. He was not throwing 95 mph at you. It was just pinpoint control. |
He got very emotional when he told us, like your granddad is going away and you're not going to see him anymore. It's tough for him. Baseball is his life. |
He made some mistakes. And, fortunately for us, we didn't miss them. |
He threw a lot of fastballs and just put them right where he wanted them. It's a perfect example of when a pitcher hits his spots, he's going to be successful. |
He was coaching us through it, ... It's pretty simple. You've got a diamond that represents your line of site. That's the perfect track you want to be on. There's a box, and you want to put your box over the diamond and keep it there. As you're maneuvering the space shuttle you want to stay on that diamond. |
He's not a 300-game winner for no reason. He knows how to make adjustments. |
I don't know if that many people care. |
I don't think some of these guys realize they're in the World Series. Which is probably a good thing. |