(Playing the Dodgers) is kind of special. It was five years that I spent there. In my opinion they were five very special years. There were a lot of very special things we accomplished there. There were things that some people thought we were never going to have a chance to do, but we did. |
(Sunday) I did not see Oliver pitching. I saw him just throwing and relying on stuff. If you do that and you fall behind in the count, you're not going to have much success. |
1-7 is obviously not the way you want to start. It's not a sample size of games where you fully judge what kind of baseball team you are going to be over the course of six months. |
A base hit there changes the complexion of the game. |
A base hit there could have helped you along. |
A day like today -- that's something that happens even with an 'ace' of the staff. |
A little thing like that can end up winning you a baseball game. |
A lot of it had to do with things that basically evolved in the restructuring of the club, |
A spectacular game. I don't think you'd anticipate much less. |
A very wonderful note, I might add. A very professionally done thing. |
About mid-thigh, right down the middle. They're going to hit pitches like that -- Cody or anybody else. |
Accountability is a concept we're going to stand by, and part of that is being in the best shape possible. It's very important how you show up here. |
After experiencing as a manager what we went through a year ago, seeing some of those champagne parties that have taken place over the last couple of days has been pretty painful - to the point where I turn the television set off. I don't want to watch it because I've experienced it firsthand and I know what it feels like. So now, it's not a whole lot of fun to watch. |
Aggression is no reason to be foolish. The double play is one thing. Running into stupid outs? That's even worse, in my opinion. |
All Scott Strickland has done is throw strikes. |