That’s a great core of guys right there. We’ve played together for a while — me, Brian and Melvin. You play together [and] you get to know each other’s mannerisms. You kind of click in...

I don’t know what he said,

It’s exciting to win two games in a row like that, let alone one in a month. I love this. I hope we do it every night. It’s a lot more fun than winning 10-0.

This probably is a little different, something new, … I’ll ride it as long as I can.

In a lot of ways, he was managing in the past. He just didn’t have the title.

He was pretty tough tonight. He left a couple of pitches up and that was it.

I just wanted to give him something. It was the easiest thing I could do. I wanted him to have something of mine.

I came into the season with a manager telling me that I’m going to be the first baseman,

Obviously, on the road it’s going to be a little bit rougher for him.

I told him after the first two at-bats that he was swinging as good as he did when he left. His swings were really good.

It’s a good feeling to stick around and know you’re going to be with these guys for a while. I’m excited about seeing the young guys coming up and growing with you.

First time, yes. Second time, no. He uses that too much, in the back of your mind you know he has that, it’s one of those pitches you know you can double clutch and still...

I’m sure there will be guys who will think it’s too strong, but [steroids are] illegal and that’s the bottom line. And I don’t think anybody is about to fight it.

I feel sorry for him, given the timing of it. You think he’s on top of the world after getting 3,000 hits.

The ball was traveling well tonight. Usually in April it doesn’t go anywhere. But 75 degrees, the ball was jumping.

Ten you can get away with as a team. You can do without a guy for 10 days, but 20, you’re kind of hurting your ballclub, too.

It’s almost like throwing the ball back to the umpire. He didn’t like the ball. Same thing. It’s pretty impressive if he can throw it for a strike.

Everybody was worried after the stroke, but he seemed fine and was his normal self.

I can’t figure it out. I’m a little puzzled by it. It’s pretty brutal how we’re swinging the bats right now.

This is one of the nights that we picked up our pitcher. There is going to be other nights where we’re going to win 2-1 (and) they’re going to have to pick us up. It...

I really like how this team looks in the clubhouse. I think it’s going to be a lot better. We’re together for six, seven months. It makes it a lot easier if guys get along...

It’s an easy pitch to hit if you’re looking for it or recognize it.

Doubling it is good,

Ten is a little light, … Ten, you can get away with it as a team, but 20, you’re hurting your ball club.

Obviously, it’s a step in the right direction. Ten [days] is a little light [as a penalty.] But 20 [games], you’re hurting your ballclub — not just with public scrutiny, but you’re hurting your team...

I heard something [regarding accusations] a while back, and like I said, it’s a little disappointing. But it’s one thing when somebody gives you something. But the substance that was found, it’s kind of hard...

He was coming right at us. He was challenging us. I felt we let him off the hook a couple of times, but he threw pretty good.

I’ve been working with my mechanics, … They seem to be a little bit more sound.

You have five innings, that’s all you get here, … After that it’s a guessing game. The shadows are not easy to hit. You can’t see the spin well, then halfway through it, you lose...

This isn’t a shut case. It’s not easy to [release a player] like that, I know. Yeah, he’s made some mistakes, but a lot of people have. We’re just going to have to see how...

We see reporters that we have never seen before. This is national news now. They’re all asking the same question.

He was coming right at us. He gave us plenty of pitches to hit, but it didn’t happen.

This isn’t a shut case. It’s not easy to do something like that, I know. Yeah, he’s made some mistakes, but a lot of people have. We’re just going to have to see how it...

We’re trying to do it for us and end on a good note. It’s been such a sour middle of the year. And also for our manager, Sam. Everybody wants to win for him, and...

Doubling it is good. I think 10 is a little light. Ten you can get away with as a team. You can do without a guy for 10 days, but 20, you’re kind of hurting...

The initial reaction was, ‘Wow, that’s a pretty strict penalty,’ … But it’s irrelevant, because a clean player knows he does not have anything to worry about. If [a 50-game suspension] doesn’t eliminate steroids, I...

It’s just one of those feel-good stories, singing the national anthem at the Oriole game.

We need him happy. He’s the team leader. I’m hoping he was frustrated or it was taken out of context.

I came really close, … I just ran out of arm.

We have made significant changes to the policy in the last year and a half. We made the first step by ourselves, and we thought we needed to take the next step. We hope this...

It’s hard not to think here we go again. It’s been that kind of stretch for us.

A lot of cheers, probably some boos mixed in. Understandable. I think overall it will be better than worse. I’ve seen a lot of support.

There has been a lot of distractions. After losing the first game, we showed that we do care and that we want to win.

My first year [2001], I was making $200,000, and I thought that I had hit the lottery. My mind-set was to earn a starting job, not just make the team. It is all about timing....

They’re all asking the same question.

It’s something that probably needed to be done. It’s illegal, and it’s good we put it in there. There’s no reason not to have it in there.

First I’ve got to figure out what team I’m on,

Anytime a player is day-to-day like a Rule 5 player is, you can’t help but take the bad games home with you. We asked for a contract in 2002 and 2003, but the Orioles weren’t...

Once Sam took over, he gave me confidence and told me I [would be] playing every day, … That’s what I wanted — what I had a couple of years ago. I got my confidence...