It`s not like the Championship Series, where you`re so close to getting there. Now that you`re here, you can relax.
It`s a unique place,
(His 16 games in the majors seem so long ago, when) he tried to get a little too perfect, ... The game picks up a little bit. He suffered a rookie setback. That`s normal.
It`s been a great ballpark for everybody the fans and players yet it`s probably time for something new when you see it the way we see it. There`s a lot of great memories here.
I`d say he`s well on his way to coming back in September and helping us. It all depends on how he feels. I think he can probably step in there right now and hit. That`s how it is for Major Leaguers. He seems to be far ahead of where he was before he had his surgery, but I`m only basing that on batting practice.
In that regard, it`s very important for him to take as close to a full speed batting practice as he can. It looks like he`s able to do that now, and I`ve never seen that before from him.
I think everybody`s feeling better today. But there`s still a feeling of your town is getting crushed and nobody knows what`s going on.
I can`t fathom the destruction. It`s the scope of the loss. It`s knowing how long it`s going to take to get things back to normal. There are parts of New Orleans that will never be the same.
You know that the true test comes when things are not going good. He went through that here.
It`s man to man now. Let`s see what you`ve got.