He said before the game that he was going to hit a homer tonight. But he says that before a lot of games.
They told me if I really loved catching, I could go back to A ball, ... But if I wanted to move, I could be the starting first baseman at Double A. And I said 'That's all I needed to hear. Give me the glove.'
We didn't want to give the ball to Curt Schilling for Game 4. We've seen his act.
We're going to try and track him down. At the end of the year, he might have more home runs than the rest of us put together, but we'll give it our best shot.
I'm going to have a good view from the on-deck circle.
On paper, it looks really good. But we still have to win our division, and then take out chances in the playoffs. If there's one thing I like, it's the pitching staff. I think that was the key for us last season. We have the potential to score more runs this year, especially with a proven guy like Jim (Thome) in the lineup. But with our pitching, they're not going to need a lot of help on most nights.
We busted out. We knocked them out. It's finally good to have a game like that where you could breathe the last couple of innings.
They tied the game up in the ninth, which wasn't due to anything Bobby did bad. They hit some good pitches. It's like playing ourselves out there. They have a lot of heart, they don't go away.
If the guy that writes you checks says cut your hair, off to the barber shop you go. That's that.
When he has the ball in his hand, ... I feel good about it.
It's like playing ourselves out there. These guys have a lot of heart. You don't go away.
It really didn't feel that great. Home runs happen when you least expect them.
When we came in after it was tied, no one was down. I think the overall kind of theme in the dugout was, everybody loves Bobby, we're not going to let him go home feeling bad about this. We're going to pick him up and we're not going to let this happen. We're going to get this win.
You can split up (the MVP) about 10 different ways. I mean, four complete games in a row, you have to be kidding me. But I know who the real MVP is and that's our pitching. I'm still going to respect it and I'll honor it, but it's all about team here.
There's a bunch of little things that happen during the games, and the outcomes keep giving you hope that it is.
I'm pretty close. Another week wouldn't hurt. I'm better than I was a week ago, for sure. It always comes together at the end, usually. I'd say another week of spring training is just about right.
I think the way our team is playing right now anybody could hit that home run, ... We're so selfless right now it's not like one guy is getting that hit, it's like every single guy is swinging all at once. We're not focusing on individual stuff. We're just looking at the scoreboard and trying to put up runs.
I guess I will have to work on my leadership skills.
I was surprised he came in so hard. I thought he might break it down. I don't know if he knew the speed he was dealing with. But once he started to fall, he had to get rid of it. If he had fallen and tried to get up and throw it, we wouldn't have had him.
Our team was good. I don't think it was a Cinderella team. ... I thought we matched up well with teams.
The overall kind of theme in the dugout was, everybody loves Bobby, we're not going to let him go home feeling bad about this. We thought, we're going to get this win, but I didn't think it would be that quick.
We're going to get this win. I didn't think we thought it would be that quick or by a home run by him.
There were some nights that I went to bed and thought I would be wearing an Angels' uniform or someone else's. I know it was the right situation to sign back with the White Sox, because another team would not have felt right.
The way we've been all year, I have a sense we can score 10 runs at any time. You hope for the best and we know it's in us.
The last three weeks . . . anytime you said up, it was down. This time, he positioned me just right. If I had moved to the line more, that ball's in right field.
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