It’s harder because the guys they bring from the minors are straight fastball hitters. You can’t sneak it by them. Even though I know they are sitting on that, I’m still going to throw it....

When Howard hit that home run, I thought here we go, … You know and when Kenny (Lofton) made those two catches in the sixth that really got us charged up.

People sold us short last year and I think we’re better this year. We’re going to be strong all the way around. We might not have the big names, but a lot of people are...

We’re certainly glad Mr. Russell’s been captured, … It’s been a long time.

There’s not going to be many more times when I go five innings. I’m fed up with it. Ninety-five pitches after five innings? That’s not doing nothing. I might as well be a middle relief...

The couple of innings I didn’t fell too good. I thought my fastball was up and I wasn’t feeling real crisp. I tried to pitch today instead of overpowering guys. I just didn’t think my...

I was standing in the outfield [before the game] and the wind was blowing, and I’m going, everything’s gone. I was like, let me pop one up, it’ll probably go.

I wasn’t worried, … The main thing was getting them to put the ball in play.

That was fun. I was amazed. I had no idea. Those fans were so pumped up. The louder they yelled, the harder I wanted to throw it.

After that inning, Pat [Burrell] came in and said, ‘Don’t worry about it. Hold them and we’re going to get Pedro,’ And, they did.

It’s definitely a loss, being without Thome. But the way Ryan Howard’s playing right now, I think that we’ll be OK.

I don’t think it’s anything major at all. We’ve got to play better, I guess, execute better and do the little things right. Hopefully, we can get this month over with and maybe we’ll come...

If it was up to me, I’d rather only pitch two innings and then jump back on the mound.

I was trying to keep us in the game so we can rally, … We showed a lot of heart coming back.