I’ve gotten used to it. A lot of people haven’t, but I have.

They got a two-out, two-strike hit [from Pedro Feliz, driving in two runs against Akinori Otsuka in the eighth] and so did we. It doesn’t get much bigger than that to tie a game. I’m...

That’s the way it’s been all year with us. It’s what’s kept us from getting on a nice roll.

The biggest thing in this series was the big inning killed us.

It looked like he didn’t get it where he wanted it, … It was a fastball or cutter out over the plate.

We’re going to approach him like we always have, as if he’s been playing all season. This guy’s one of the greatest hitters of all time. You want to make quality pitches and not make...

It’s only spring training, but no question, anytime you win a game like that it’s important. We’re not as concerned with winning and losing in the spring, but that was a nice comeback.

I’ve always admired how Mike has played the game. He’s always played it hard. He’s always been a leader out there. He plays the game right.

Ramon (Hernandez) told Jake that Reggie was probably swinging,

It was a tough day for our pitchers. Our young kids made a lot of mistakes. We made errors, missed cutoff men. It was pretty ugly.

Honestly, that wasn’t a very good outing. His velocity was fine, but he had trouble getting the ball down. His stuff was good, and that’s encouraging, but he made way too many mistakes.

I’m going to miss Rob and Davey. These are two guys I think the world of. My hope was to keep the staff intact. Management felt differently.

We have so many military here. This is our way to show our appreciation to our forces. We like to consider ourselves as the military’s teams with all the bases we have in San Diego....

After a game like last night and with the way we’ve gone through the ‘pen, we needed somebody to go deep in the ballgame.

It’s up to him now to continue his progress and get back to playing like we think he can.

We’re awful right now. We know it.

He’s done a terrific job for us and it has nothing to do with the game last night, and he’s well aware of it. It’s difficult [to sit Olivo], because he has played well, but...

If we retro this, we could get him back sooner, rather than make a mistake and put him out there now and have him aggravate it.

(Greene) put a charge in it. That’s quite a piece of hitting on an 0-2 pitch.

We’re disappointed that we haven’t been more consistent on the field.

For him to be swinging the way he is with the long layoff, … it’s a credit to how hard he worked in rehab. He’s one of those guys with a simple swing. It doesn’t...

The biggest thing is to have a swagger when you take the field. When you’re not going well, you have to change something — the biggest thing is the way you carry yourself. You have...

He has great instincts and feel for the game. He positions himself so well when the pitch is coming and has great reactions. And he throws as accurately as any third baseman I’ve seen.

I’ve touched base with him just to make sure he is ahead of schedule at this point. He’s fully aware of how important it is for him to be in a little better shape to...

He was a real shot in the arm when we brought him up. He’s done some damage with the bat, with extra-base hits, and he’s played nice outfield. He’s a good athlete. He’s a guy...

Mike is doing fine. He could have played tonight.

He knows what he’s doing out there. He competes well. He’s really gotten so much better in his last five or six starts.

After that we’ll see how we go.

You guys can speculate all you want.

We don’t do anything easy around here. Our execution wasn’t the best. We made mistakes and got away with them. Fortunately, they made more.

He’s done all he can do to be on this club.

This guy is an impact player. I think this was a big signing for us. I’ve always admired how Mike plays the game. He plays the game hard and he plays it right.

We know how dangerous he is. And we don’t want to make a mistake and find out.

We’re covered in the outfield. We’re getting tested right off the bat. But you need to be prepared for anything. We have experienced guys coming off the bench.

I was disappointed but encouraged. I’m encouraged that we’ll get him back sooner than later.

We had our guys up there in the eighth, and you can’t ask for more than that. What you’re hoping for there is to get the tying or winning run on, and we did both,...

Miguel was starting the game that night. But he’s out there hitting, and Ash knocked him down by accident. Miguel got right back in there and about hit Ash with a line drive.

We’ve discovered the hard way there’s no way to pitch to him. He’s such a disciplined hitter at the plate and has such good plate coverage, it’s almost like you can’t even trust your pitchers...

That’s two nights in a row we’ve been getting off to a good start and then getting shut down. That’s not a good sign, obviously.

We need to tighten up defensively right now. That’s cost us, even though we’ve had a pretty good month.

Braz threw well. We haven’t determined what the roster is yet, but he certainly is pitching very well and making it difficult on what we’re going to do here.

This was one of those games where you’ve got to shower, wash it off, and come back and be ready for the next one.

He felt something on his right side. He said he felt it during the course of the game.

Obviously he’s not locked in at the plate. He’s a guy that’s come through many times for us. (Third base) is the last place you want to hit that ball.

He didn’t have a full tank. It’s tough to pitch when you’re not at full strength. He’s still battling this thing. He hasn’t gained all of his weight back.

[The Padres won the fourth division title in their 37-year history on Wednesday night, beating the San Francisco Giants 9-1 to return to the post-season for the first time since being swept by the New...

That’s a very good ball club over there. And to split a series with them – and we had a chance to take three out of four – is a boost for our club.

We’re going to see how he does in games before we make any decisions.

He looks like he belongs. You can see his confidence growing.

What a job he did. He had good stuff, good command. It wasn’t as pretty as we would have liked but we’ll take it.