We got a solid pitching performance. Unfortunately, we got two hits.

It’s important that this entire group of players are involved.

Duaner was effective, but when you’re in a ballgame like that, you have no breathing room. And a leadoff double, when you’re dealing with the middle of their order, causes problems for you. Great pitches...

There wasn’t any point in this series where he had to overdo it with our bullpen. You couldn’t ask for a better situation going into Colorado.

We’re not sitting here talking about it today if it had remained [in the clubhouse]. It was made public. A lot of information and feelings were expressed.

It’s nothing that surprised us. It’s all pre-existing. After they do those two spots, depending on how the progress is with his left wrist, they may have to do something with that, too.

Zach Duke, uncharacteristic of him, threw 46 pitches in the first two innings [of his first start]. The difference was the damage wasn’t as significant.

I’m certainly wondering about the one two-strike pitch that got called a ball. I’m really wondering about that one.

We obviously came to a point where there was a difference of opinion between Paul and I as far as how players are evaluated. It was basically how you look at and evaluate players, the...

You have to give Marquis credit. That was our quietest game this season.

We did everything we could, considering that one run won’t get you too far. We had to work hard for that one run.

Carelessness is not tolerated here any more.

Jose is the perfect National League player. A bench player with that kind of versatility is invaluable.

I think the personnel is here to get that done.

Once we get to the point of a second opinion and finding out exactly where that’s going to take us, that’s obviously the next thing that we’re waiting for. In the interim, there’s no need...

I think you bring the best out of your players when you sit and study and look very closely at what their capabilities are and then try to find situations where their talents have the...

It looks like the better part of three weeks.

We’re scratching surfaces and laying the general framework. Things aren’t going to change dramatically other than the fact that we’ll be more detailed-oriented, and a few extra steps will be taken along the way.

Andrew losing his life at that age was as devastating to me as losing one of my own children. I’ll never forget Andrew as long as I live.

When he throws strikes and you have to figure out what he’s going to do next — you’re in trouble, he’s going to get you out.

Aggression is no reason to be foolish. The double play is one thing. Running into stupid outs? That’s even worse, in my opinion.

When he’s right, he’s throwing quality pitches down there.

In the second inning, his breaking ball for a strike early in the count was a lot better than it was in the first inning.

Think about the … significance of … how many at-bats he takes this year with men on base because the guy (Casey) hitting in front of him is going to be on base. There’s going...

You don’t want to see a guy go 3-2 on a hitter all the time. (Perez) attacked (yesterday) — that’s what I want to see.

I’m seeing good signs of improvement.

He is really coming along. He’s been really good.

We have a lot of different things to sort out, … He’s got a lot of different things to work out.

I laud my players, and I told them that, way back, playing in Philadelphia. The effort that they have given from day to day is noteworthy because, believe me … if you go back and...

I just have the feeling that Pittsburgh is the right place for me. Even though it’s a major city, it is a lot more like the place where I grew up. I really believe this...

That’s not bad for someone who came to spring training not guaranteed a job.

He was aggressive and went after hitters from the get-go. He threw his fastball for strikes early in the count and got ahead of hitters, which made his breaking stuff that much more effective. It...

D.J. wasn’t sharp, but they only scored in the one inning.

He gave up four solo homers and he didn’t let it bother him. We had a very good second inning with timely hitting. And we took advantage of a mistake.

It has been tremendous. The work ethic that has been put forth has been just great. The environment was very loose, which is what I like to see, and yet within the framework of that...

Paul did a fine job. He displayed the characteristics necessary to become a consistent starter at this level. I wouldn’t be surprised if you saw more of that in 2006.

I don’t really think he’ll get better from the sidelines. But I think we’re getting to the point where you’d certainly like to think we’ll sit here and see some improvement.

Sometimes it takes one at-bat in one game for the light to go on. You can accomplish a lot by doing what we were doing with Duffy today.

If you want to swing off of live pitching, go right ahead. But recognize the fact of what a strike is and what a ball is. Let’s get a good swing at a good pitch.

I like what he’s done, … The guy can hit, there’s no question about it.

As a two-hole hitter, this guy has the capability for doing great things for us offensively.

He gives you the impression that he learned how to pitch, not just throw the ball, but do what he wanted to do with it, at about the age of 10. He has a real...

Webb made great pitches. He was throwing curveballs and changeups for strikes.

We’re talking about a catcher. Squatting, up and down out of the crouch, runners going, boom, the impact of landing. … It doesn’t make any sense to push it.

We’ve got to find opportunities for them. I don’t want to see either of them sit for any period of time and not participate. We can’t let these guys sit for days on end and...

Not all of our starters are 22 years old, but we do have four of them that are 24 or less. We have to allow a little bit of time to allow these guys to...

I saw better life to his fastball, much better life. I can’t sit here and tell you what the velocity was, but that will come as he builds himself up. But the life on his...

That’s just how well that guy pitches. He just dominated the game.

You see building blocks. There’s an immediacy in that we want to win right away, but there’s also a foundation, I think, for this team to be pretty special for a number of years. When...

That’s his game to determine at that point. You take him out of the game like that there, you bring in the bullpen and a mistake is made, a ball gets hit in the gap,...