Arie de Geus Quotes

That sixth inning, I got the ball up a little bit and they were hitting it pretty hard.

I get a little glimpse of it, and then it goes away. That`s the thing that`s frustrating to me. I`ll go out there, have three or four good starts, and then have two horrible ones.

If you can own the down and away strike, it`s a huge advantage for you. But if you have trouble owning that, it can almost work against you. Roger is, I think, a little more, uh, what`s the word I`m looking for? I guess liberal.

I felt real good out there. I threw a lot of fastballs and the fastball was down. That`s going to be a big pitch for me. I had to get the feel for it. Today was a good start.

Doesn`t surprise me '” he`s the man. We just walked way too many guys, and didn`t get away with it.

When you face up against upper-echelon pitchers like Sheets, you have to minimize your mistakes. I made one, the location just wasn`t good at that time. He (Lee) did a good job of keeping it fair.

We wanted to win today, get the magic number down to one. I felt good, but in the sixth inning I got the ball up a little bit.

He`s real approachable. With him, no question is a dumb question.

He`s the greatest player in the world right now. Both sides of the ball -- offensively, defensively -- he`s playing great.

We played sloppy. But it`s one loss, whether you lose 20-0 or whatever. And we`re going to be bounce back tomorrow.

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