We switched our coverage. You get two outs with one pitch, it’s definitely a momentum-changer.

That’s what we try to do, put pressure on the other pitcher.

He missed so much time with the broken leg and he didn’t miss a beat. He’s focused on doing his job and being consistent with it. He’s a great person to have in the clubhouse.

It’s nice to show that we can score a run off him, but it would have been better to tie. It’s definitely something that we’ve just got to keep battling. If we do our job,...

He’s one of the best closers in the game, … It’s very difficult, and it’s big for us to try to keep him out of the game. If he gets in there, we’ve got to...

You can’t go up there swinging if (the pitcher) has just made an out or he’s had a tough inning before,

Twenty or 30 years from now, you’re probably going to say you’ve watched one of the top five players to ever play this game.

That was one time that I was not going to take the extra base. If it was earlier in the game, I probably was going to take the extra base. You’ve got to give your...

That’s the one thing early in the season … I wasn’t being efficient to the pull side. I’ve gotten pitches, and I need to turn on them. If you ask Hal, I am hitting my...

I found a beautiful, lovely girl and she said yes. So that was pretty amazing.

What they’ve gone through, it puts a lot of things in perspective and that perspective will help you handle the situations in that you know win or lose, life is still going to go on,

My job is to get on base so he has a chance to get a hit in any situation. Tonight I was not able to do that. When he has the bat in his hand,...

When he steps on the field, he has a knack for coming up with clutch hits when you need it.

His sinker started working a lot better, and he was able to hit the zone.

The way Jimmy [Edmonds] hit the home run in Game 6, and making the catch he made in Game 7 — it just seemed like every one of those games was so intense. Home-field advantage...

It was one of those things that you just find a way to get Albert up,

We can do a lot of things.

The one thing I didn’t want to do was get into any type of jumpiness, … Any type of anything in my body besides just focus on the baseball. And it’s pretty calming to step...

Without a doubt, … His location was unbelievable. You watch the film and he throws the ball up a lot, but today he was throwing the ball down, right at the knees, on the corners....

It’s pretty loud. The whole game, there’s like a buzz going through (the stands). It’s nice, it was fun going out there.

I didn’t even watch it, I ran. That’s probably all I’ve got right there.

There is definitely a lot more to it than show up and swing. I’m working on staying inside the ball, working on different hit-and-runs, moving runners, creating situations in your head. So when the game...

We had a lot of last-minute planning to do, a lot of things. But her mom did a lot with the wedding and Ashley did a lot, too.

We had our chances. We just didn’t hit.

Personally, I can handle myself after this, … but I feel disappointed in letting them down.

He’s the guy that’s been carrying us.

Winning two games means absolutely nothing. We don’t get caught up in all that, even when it is the World Series.

Last year had a lot of tradition and a lot of history and now we’re opening up something new — and it’s beautiful. It’s a new era of baseball. You definitely miss the old stadium,...

It’s the emphasis on one run (in the NL),

That’s something Tony does a lot. I knew something was going to happen. We weren’t going to sit still. We were going to put things in motion. I enjoy it.

Just stepping to the plate, just understanding it’s you vs. him, that’s all that really mattered at that point,

Scott’s a hard-nosed guy who really understands and loves playing the game.

The bottom of our lineup has done such a great job to provide opportunities, getting on base. The one inning when Nunie had a great at-bat, goes 3-2, draws the walk, and then Carp goes...

I’ve hit balls with everything I’ve got and it doesn’t go over the fence. So I definitely run hard. I’ll never have the opportunity to sit there and watch one as it goes out because...

They’re a good bunch of guys. It’s hard to dislike them.

That’s when we really knew we could beat the best. That woke up everything for us. Confidence doesn’t show up in the box score, but it’s so important. After that, we knew we could win...

The great thing about this club is we are able to put that stuff behind us and approach every single game the same.

I don’t want pitchers thinking that’s what I’m going up there [trying to get hit], … If I did, I think I’d get hit a lot more, in a lot worse places.

His location was unbelievable. He didn’t make a mistake.

It’s pretty calming to step to the plate in that situation.

By starting up the action with the hit-and-run and making him swing the bat and try to hit the ball to the right side, that might have gotten him going. It takes a little while,...

Yeah, that’s what people say. We’ll see if that’s true. But I know that in this lineup, I’m just going to do everything I can to get on base. That’s my job.

It was very important for us to go out there and set the tone early and find a way to get a win. Every game can change momentum. You definitely don’t want to lose that...

That was the key right there. That extended the inning. He could have just jogged down the line and let them turn a double play. We’re fortunate he ran hard and through the base. But...

One of the biggest things, when you have a pitcher throwing a lot of strikes like that, is to not let him get comfortable throwing strike one. If you let him start to feel like...

You just want to find some way to help the team. I know it wasn’t really pretty but it just found a hole and I was able to do the job.

You just try to see the ball up … His ball has so much sink and so much run, I just try to get as close to him as possible and try to take away...

When I have two strikes, I feel free, … My job is to make the pitcher throw a lot of pitches, and when I swing at a bad pitch early in the count that bugs...

Throw Albert in any lineup and it’s gonna look great.

Nobody’s talking about that. That’s the first I’ve heard of it. We’re just playing each game hard.