Maybe this is a wake-up call for us, too, to say `Hey, we`re shaking things up,` and, hopefully, it can help motivate us.
It`s good to finally win a game ? it seems like it`s a lot longer than it`s actually been.
It`s unfortunate to see one guy take the fall for 25. It really is. There seems to have been not as many questions about us and the way we`ve played than there were about him. If we can take a positive from it, that`s going to change. This is the wake-up call maybe we need.
He spots the ball well and he throws his fastball kind of sneaky (fast). It gets on you. It only says like 87-92 (mph), but it gets on you faster than that and he does a good job hitting his spots.
I`m not a batting practice home-run hitter. I think I`m done with it.
I can understand that. It`s a what-have-you-done-for-me-lately business, obviously, and we`re an easy target, I guess. You can`t put too much stock into it, I think. People who are here and in the city know about the great history here. But the people here are frustrated, too, and we understand that.
We showed a little bit of character coming back. With the way we were going, we could have easily rolled over.
It`s definitely not just me carrying the team, ... As a middle-of-the-order hitter my job is to drive in runs and score runs.
It`s one of those unfortunate things that happen in sports, ... We weren`t playing well and a change had to be made. It wasn`t necessarily (McClendon`s) fault. We`ve all been playing bad lately but it usually falls on one guy -- that`s always the manager or coach, unfortunately.
Maybe this is a wakeup call for us, too, to say `Hey, we`re shaking things up,` and, hopefully, it can help motivate us.