He’s certainly one of the best pitchers in the game,

Once we start the game, my focus is on baseball,

To lose like this is draining,

He sustained his velocity for the duration of his outing. Adrenaline may have had a little bit to do with that.

Certainly, you would rather win it [at home] and get it out of the way,

Do it. You don’t let the facts get in the way of one of your columns anyway.

It’s a different team in two ways. One, we don’t have Carlos Beltran , Jeff Kent and Jeff Bagwell . On the flip side, we didn’t have a healthy Andy Pettitte (last year). … I’d...

It stinks for me, because he’s the guy that I could really bounce things off of. He’s the guy who I would have a beer with after the game and talk about the game with....

The next 24 hours should tell us a lot.

You’ve got to deal with it. You can’t sit around and bury your face in your hands. We were just two runs down with seven innings to go.

It’s good to get your feet wet in a little bit of a sloppier situation rather than a one-run game or a tie game. We had a five-run lead, so we had to attack the...

It’s a great deal of concern for us, a very powerful storm.

a huge black eye for the city of Chicago. If I was from there, I’d be embarrassed by the way our families were treated. My wife didn’t get hit or anything, but people flipped her...

I’ve seen him pitch better, but he’s always got good stuff. Even when he’s off, he’s got good stuff.

We need these guys to contribute offensively in order for us to win because we don’t have the offensive lineup that we had a year ago.

With Roy, even on an off day is very tough on any lineup.

Everyone looks at the records and talks about how this team plays so many sub-.500 teams and this team plays so many teams above .500, and it’s all a load of crap. You’ve got to...

We’ve got to deal with it. We certainly can’t sit around and bury our faces in our hands. We were two runs down with seven innings to go. That certainly wasn’t insurmountable.

Roger, as we know, is a classic leg-driving power pitcher. Sometimes when you have a leg problem, you compensate with your arm for a couple of innings. But then you notice it and it can...

I am a little tired and my legs are heavy.

There were a number of times I said to myself, this is unbelievable, an instant classic, … I’ll get a copy on tape.

I think it’s ridiculous Major League Baseball would stick its nose into this business now that we’re down 2-0 in the World Series. I’m sure it has something to do with television.

It’s nice for those guys that I played with to see me now, to see how I’ve evolved,

We don’t know too much about the White Sox, but we will be ready. We know they have good pitching, but then we have good pitching, too.

I’m past being surprised by him.

When he took himself out of the second game (Tuesday) I became a little concerned about him. He’ll make that decision, and he’ll be honest with himself and the organization.

He has the ability to get out of trouble because he knows when to make a big pitch to get a ground ball for a double play or get that big strikeout with a man...

The ump sees what, 225, 250 pitches a night and get the great majority of them right. But it’s not like his call scored any runs. They did that on their own.

He’s always been one of the better offensive players in the game. Despite the fact that he’s 40 years old, he continues to be one of the better offensive players. He’s a huge part of...

It was a little cut.

I think it’s ridiculous, … that Major League Baseball would stick its nose into this business all of sudden, when we’re down 0-2 in the World Series, having never mentioned it for 81 regular-season games...

Our bullpen is definitely deeper (than last year). Guys like Chad Qualls and Dan Wheeler were kind of feeling out what roles they would have, but they established early in the season that they would...

He’s got the mental fortitude to block everything out and just focus on the hitter, focus on the task and then execute the pitch to get that hitter out. Andy would be my guy.

I think (manager Phil Garner ) is trying to push me into my utility-role career, … He’s seen enough of me behind the plate, so he figures if he can make me a utility player,...

He did a great job, … I don’t think he was feeling 100 percent, but he’s got the mental wherewithal to overcome any kind of tenderness or soreness.

It was a great baseball game,

I think you learn to understand although you may be down, you’re not out.

I didn’t notice a dramatic difference. The difference is if his leg is bothering him, he can compensate with his arm. But if he’s compensating with his arm, he’s not going to last very long....

That might have been more relief. It was an outstanding ending to a very hard-fought game.

We picked up where we left off last year — very little offense. But it’s just one game.

Generally, if there’s any question, I would either tag the guy or throw the ball to first or turn around and look at the umpire and show him the ball and get a definitive out...

He said, ‘Let’s continue with the inning and see how it feels,’

There also has to be some luck involved when you have a record like that against some team.

I think he feels the door has been opened, and he’s getting some shoves from behind.

I don’t know if you can expect that every night.

Frankly, it’s a little ridiculous that MLB would take control of that. This isn’t their game.

your hands get cold, your feet get cold, but if you can’t find a way to keep your mind off that stuff in a World Series, you probably shouldn’t be in it.

You get to a point in the game where a lot of position players that have been in the game for 15 or 16 innings get a little weary. The legs can get tired and...

I know Roger’s going to take the ball if it’s going to help us, … I’m sure he had some adrenaline going. He had another inning or two in him.

I was tired of waiting. I had to get ready for the game. Now, if I had known we were going to get beaten 11-2, I would have stayed and gotten the ring.