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That's how we try to play. We try not to make mistakes. If you're going to beat us, you're going to have to hit. But when you jump out on teams like that, it's tough. We've all been there, but that's hard to come back from. We jumped out on them in Game 1, and just kind of kept it going.

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You've got to be ready for it. If it's not going through your mind, all of a sudden it's on you and you're not ready for it. We're thinking like that all the time. 'Here we go, get a ground ball.' Wherever it goes, all of us, the whole infield is thinking like that. We like that and we want that. It's a huge rally-killer.

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It's kind of a blind flip. I just needed to get the ball to him, because I knew we had a good chance of getting Berkman. I kind of left it out there a little bit, but I knew I had to keep it outside.

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A lot of people were waiting for us to fail. That's all you heard his arm and my injuries. I think we've done a pretty good job. But I'm sure there's still somebody out there who would disagree.

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I think he's a much better player than I anticipated, ... Just being around him every day and seeing what he brings to the table, to the clubhouse and to the field. Just the way he goes about his business.

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If there's anything lacking now, it's the control Prior has on his off-speed pitches. Once he gets there, he can be one of the best pitchers. He has a lot to learn, but the potential is most definitely there.

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It's a relief. I was worried about it two days ago, but I'm feeling much better. I'm going to go out there and do some light work today and hopefully I won't feel a whole lot. Hopefully I won't feel anything at all.

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It's come to a point where it's gotten worse and worse and worse, ... The last few days playing, it was affecting me, I felt.

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His work habits and his drive to play the game are special, ... People talk about him all the time, about his size and his arm strength. Then you see the plays he makes. It's amazing.

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Obviously, it's time. You see what the other new parks have done for the cities involved. It's definitely something we're looking forward to.

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The way he works is phenomenal, between him and Game 2 starter Mark Mulder and Matt Morris, they get out there and throw. Defensively, we're not on our heels, ever. If people could see that, and other pitchers can understand what that means to us defensively, it's a huge lift.

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I felt it growing up, other sports and in the minor leagues, I'd have a great year but at the end there was always something I couldn't do. It just didn't matter, ... Somebody was always going to write something. 'He's not a complete player.' He can't do this or that. We came from the same breed. We pretty much have the same thing following us. Maybe it was true, maybe not. But we strive to make ourselves into better players.

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This is something where you mess with the core of your (body), your back, it's tough. I don't know how effective I would be out there today or yesterday because the pain there just shocks your whole body. I've never had something like that before. The last few days it's been constant.

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That's the first time I've seen him and I was very impressed. That was the only chance I really had to get something out over the plate and hit. ... He's got great stuff.

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adjustments to be made during the game, but in most cases (the Duncan-based positioning) is where we stick to it and probably 75 percent to 80 percent of the time it usually works.

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I was with the Cubs in 2003, when we had Mark Prior, Carlos Zambrano, guys like that going back-to-back-to-back, and we lost three games. We were like 'Oh, my God.' Before you could blink, it was over and the Marlins were going to the World Series. So things can happen. With this team, we can rally three off in a heartbeat. We've just got to take them one at a time.

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I felt much better yesterday, which was a relief because I was worried about it two days ago. Hopefuly, I don't feel it a lot. Hopefully, I don't feel anything at all.

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That we're a good team. It's a great experience for anybody to be involved in something like this. It just doesn't come around too often. Fortunately we have an opportunity to get back where we were last year, and that's our mission.

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It showed. It's just of those things. He's trying to make a play. It's a tough play. You don't want a kid getting hurt. I'm just glad it's not anything more serious.

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The last thing we want to do is give these guys life to get back in the series.

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I could have walked a few times already and I'm not even doing that, ... Either way, I have to get on base and help out in some way, and it has to be now.

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It (ticks) you off when you continuously feel you're on the wrong end of things. You try to keep your cool and try to not get involved with the calls. But things got out of hand, unfortunately. Everybody lost their cool there.

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Now fans are going to be forced to watch the best teams in the game.

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We lost three games before you could blink.

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When he's making his pitches, nobody's getting a good, good swing and they're not hitting the ball on the barrel, ... I mean, he's beating them in, he's throwing his cutters and curveballs, and throwing the first pitch for strikes. It's awesome.

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