Paul Lo Duca Quotes

I didn`t feel any pain when I hit the home run, I`ll tell you that. I told Jack (McKeon) I wanted to play in this series regardless of how my leg feels. I want to be the guy in that spot. The game`s on the line, I`m hoping it`s me.

It`s a shame we blew that game, or he`d be even closer.

I want to be the guy. I want to be the guy in that spot. That`s the way I look at it. When the game is on the line, I`m hoping it`s me.

I want to be in these games. Hopefully my hamstring will hold up.

Getting to meet him brought chills to my spine. He`s a special person. Not only was he a great boxer, but he was an outspoken person.

It`s something I`m going to have to deal with for the rest of the year. It actually felt really good (Wednesday), the best it`s felt since I hurt it. That`s probably why I tried to do too much and tried to run a little hard ... and it popped on me.

This is a huge road trip, everybody knows that. So it`s going to be hard for guys not to press. ... You play the whole year and spring training for this road trip.

It`s something I`m going to have to deal with the rest of the year. It won`t be back to 100 percent until spring training.

If you have trouble getting up for these games, you probably shouldn`t be playing. But it does help to get the fans behind you, screaming and yelling and getting your adrenaline going. These next four or five games could be our season.

This is huge. It`s not the end of the world if you don`t win this series, but you want to.