Ian Snell threw the ball extremely well. He was very impressive.

He’s done a great job and he’s really shown me he has a chance to be a very special player. He’s a tremendous talent.

Coming out of Spring Training, I thought we’d score some runs. We’ve scored 20 runs in the last three days and haven’t won a game.

We will be strong up the middle.

He’s made improvement defensively. Is it finished yet? No. Is it making headway? Absolutely.

I don’t know whose fault that was. But you can’t make a mistake like that against this club.

I wanted more than [the split]. We have to be kept around in the game for us to do some things.

I think it’ll put a few more rear ends in the seats. The fact Washington is still very much in it will add to the intrigue. Obviously people go out to see him, no doubt...

With a young kid you can’t take everything you’ve got and fire it at him, … You’ll short-circuit the guy.

the attention span is a bit greater when he does speak to something.

In a perfect scenario, you’d have Joe hitting sixth. But if it’s not perfect, I could see him hitting fifth, somehow behind Casey and Jason Bay. This is a guy who knows how to keep...

When Ian Snell gets consistent command, his stuff is more than good enough for the major-league level. I’ll take pitching like that anytime.

One of the toughest things in the world when you’re playing on the road is a leadoff walk in the bottom of the ninth, and that’s exactly what happened. It’s tough. It’s unfortunate. It’s something...

We’ve got a tremendous amount of baseball to play in 2006. If you get effort like that every night from that group of players, things are going to get going here and we’re going to...

It’s safe to say we made miscues that led to every single run. We have young players out there. To expect them to perform like seasoned veterans is asking a little much. When you’re involved...

He was around 90 pitches, he had gotten out of the previous inning with the tying run at second. You’re going to hit for him there. He did a very good job, pitched six very...

As a manager, I came here to make this club better, markedly better. The guys in the clubhouse, they have to realize that as a player, you have to produce. I’m not saying you’re perfect...

We’ll just see where he’s at physically. If he gets to the point where he’s physically able to pitch, yeah, there’s some benefit to getting him out there before the season ends. Absolutely, there is.

It could end up being a good thing and relieve some tightness,

You can’t help but be pleased by what you saw out there. As a matter of fact, it’s too bad that we didn’t have additional pitching that could stay out there longer. That’s how much...

Would [health] have made us a to 95-win club? No,

I don’t think Curt Schilling was out there to hurt people. Period. When you start hitting people in the head, you need to be very careful with that.

He was the type who got everything he could out of his ability. And the reason he did that was his intelligence level and a set of personal expectations that were higher than guys he...

You want this whole environment to be fun for them. You want the game of baseball to be fun. You can have fun and also be involved in a businesslike manner and continue to utilize...

No question there’s a lot of pitching here. And we’re keeping an open mind to everything we see.

As I’ve said, both guys are going to catch.

He had a tough time today, but that happens. You have to keep in mind that he’s only 22 years old. He isn’t going to be great every time out. I thought his mechanics were...

Both have very similar stuff, stuff that can beat you down on any given day. But you don’t want guys with very similar stuff pitching on back-to-back days.

He’s a special player, a very special player. People know that in our game.

He doesn’t walk many. It changes the perception of the guy that’s hitting against you versus a guy who tries to hit the corners. Against [pitchers who go after corners] a [hitter] will say, ‘Let...

I think Oliver Perez has to realize that has to help settle the waters.

This is not a punishment. [Castillo] just needs to understand and realize that in order to become the player that he is capable of becoming, you can’t allow environment to change your approach as a...

That was another terrific performance by Derek Lowe . You can’t ask any more than what he has given us the past few starts.

There’s a lot of things that can happen in 20 games. The thing that we know is that of the 20 we play, we have to win a bunch.

You’re down 8-2, that’s a long way to come back. The starting pitching is the thing that is holding us up. We have to settle that matter.

He just needs to realize that you can’t allow the environment to change your approach.

I don’t have any idea as to the Pittsburgh Pirates and what their thinking is. I have no idea about that situation or what direction any club is taking.

Werth can run, he can steal a base. Robles doesn’t run well enough to steal bases, … The other way around, you have a swing-and-miss guy and a guy without great running speed.

He has the pitches … his versatility is tremendous. It enhances your opportunities as far as when a major-league club looks at the 25 guys that you head to Milwaukee with.

He got 13 ground ball outs, and that’s good for a nine-inning game. That’s an indication of how well he pitched. That’s a very positive sign … It’s March 18th, and you want to see...

(Playing the Dodgers) is kind of special. It was five years that I spent there. In my opinion they were five very special years. There were a lot of very special things we accomplished there....

the (player) personnel factor and the evaluation of those players.

[When you] come up through a minor-league system, you know — you know — early on that, when you get a hitter to no balls and two strikes, a ball over the middle of the...

Challenges are something that I like very, very much, … I like hearing people say or maybe think that this is a situation you don’t have a chance to succeed in, I’m very challenged by...

If this kid maintains the same type of mentality and approach that he possesses right now, it’s a matter of time before you start strongly talking about the fact that he is a candidate to...

I’ve always felt that honesty is the best way to go. These guys aren’t kids anymore. They are men. Sometimes you tell people some things, and they don’t want to hear it. We’ve all been...

I’m anxious, but I’m anxious everyday. I want to see this group of people perform.

They got a home run in the first inning from a very special player. But beyond that, we matched them pitch for pitch and play for play.

I give the club a lot of credit. It hasn’t been the easiest thing in the world for this club in our first five games.

I will use all 13 bench guys – I have and will continue to do so.