It felt good, … with what our situation is and what their situation is. And they’d been putting the hurt on us all year.

I’m talking with Mac almost every time I’m catching somebody in a game or in the ‘pen just about that pitcher — for one, I know that guy’s stuff and I’ll review it. And Mac...

We even saw the street that I drove down every day to eat and go to the field and it was completely under water. You can see the top of the street signs and that’s...

They’re swinging the bats pretty well right now,

A slider. He hung that one a little bit up the middle and I was able to stay back on it.

The reasons why the fans aren’t out here are the type of season we’ve had, the time of year it is, not in the race, knocking on 100 losses. I think that’s why people are...

It’ll be good. I won’t have to think for two of us to try to figure out what works.

He had a good slider. He was getting ahead of the hitters.

It was the first time he threw a breaking ball since his broken finger.

He said I hit pretty well against him, so hopefully that will indicate I can catch pretty well against him.

It’s surreal because you look on TV and see the streets where (wife) Brooke and I used to drive down and it makes it feel so much more close to home,

[Burgos] tried to go down and away with a split [fastball] and it was up and in. [Jeter] didn’t miss it.

He’s kept his sinker low and located his slider on both sides. Whatever I read about him, he’s fit to a tee.

He’s got the most exciting arm in camp.

He didn’t miss it. Everything was down to Damon. We had been pounding Jeter in all day, so we wanted to go down and away with the splitter. Instead, it was up – exactly the...

The deepest in the league, by a long shot. They’re all really patient hitters. It’s not often you have all nine guys who play tough and take pitches. You’ve got to go the full nine...

So, I did. I didn’t get a good jump, but I still went. But I can’t be out on that play.

It’s just a matter of time before those broken-bat hits fall our way. And things will work our way and we’ll get out of this.

It has a lot to do before the pitch ever starts, to eliminate other teams picking up signals or something I may be tipping. So I look the same, no matter what the situation or...

He looked pretty solid. I faced him last year and he looks just as good.

I learned the most I’ve ever learned in one year in baseball, from getting knocked down and getting back up and getting knocked down again. Sometimes that’s good for you.

Usually if you have a shift on, they’re paid to hit, not paid to bunt. That’s a guy that can hit the ball out of the park with any pitch. With Giambi, if he takes...

I like being in control. You feel like you’ve been a solid factor in winning over, say, a first baseman or a right fielder. That’s why I like it a lot. It’s such an important...

He has a little experience as a closer, plus there’s no doubt about his stuff. It’s all about the mental challenge, and we’ve got the support here to help him through that.

Losing is never easy. It ruins your day.

They did a good job of taking what they were given and not trying to do too much. Mark is the kind of pitcher who feeds off the other team’s aggressiveness.

That was a huge inning for us to get the momentum back.

I haven’t really thought of it that way. He’s a special player. So it’s not like I was going to come in here right off, especially as a rookie catcher, and perform to his level.

Just say today’s the day and keep playing hard. Hopefully, it’s going to end tomorrow.

What do you think? We hate it every single day.