Schilling, … looked like the old Schilling.

It’s a story about friendship and making new friends.

You can catch him in the bullpen all you want, but until you get into a live situation with runners on base, it takes on a life of its own. It’s one of those things...

He controlled his emotions. I’d like to see him get a little more excited out there, but I think he was guarded after what happened the last start in Toronto, and that’s only natural.

Their game is to wear you down,

With him, it was never a question of ability, it was whether he could get it over the plate.

We fell asleep a little bit defensively, and we couldn’t recover.

He looked like the old Schilling.

With Randy, it’s pretty straightforward. What he throws is just harder and sharper than anybody else.

Early in the game, one swing of the bat could have broken it open, and we’d probably have a different outcome. It didn’t happen.

Mo did a great job with both Manny and Ortiz. He made his pitches, and if they were going to beat him, they were going to beat him on his pitches. He walked both of...

I don’t think there’s any doubt, he’ll have to guard against a letdown. The games he’s been dominant lately, he’s shown a lot of emotion. That’s when he’s at his best.

It is with mixed emotions that I am announcing my retirement. Thank you to all of my teammates, coaches, managers and fans for making the ride so much fun.

[Johnson did not stick around after the game to discuss what happened, but catcher John Flaherty said the two men were jawing throughout much of the first two innings.] In the first inning they went...

With every pitcher, if you call a pitch you know where he’s going to miss if it’s not right so you prepare for it. With Wake, I don’t think you have that luxury. If he...

I don’t think you could ask for a better young manager for a young team. And I think there’s an instant respect there as well. The career he’s had on the field and winning championships,...

Obviously, he didn’t have a knuckleball like Wake has. This is the best that we’ve seen in this era and it’s one of those things that you really can’t prepare for. You try to talk...

He’s a very detail-oriented guy. For this job, he’s got a great combination of old-school work ethic – knowing how to put the time in – and the new generation that uses computers and video...

He was ready to go before this game even started. I was talking to him about the lineup. He mentioned he was going to be into this game and ready for it.

The first half of the year, we didn’t know who we were. We were struggling and we didn’t know how it would end up.

Today didn’t go the way I wanted to. You’re not expected to hit it but you are expected to catch it.

We saw a lot more strikeouts looking inside, which we haven’t seen all year from Randy. He was able to keep that ball in there, keep it straight in there where it’s not running back...

We’re pitching well right now. Every time we go out there, it seems like we’re getting a quality start. Hopefully, that will continue.

You’d think you were taking good swings off him, but his ball had a little extra life on it, and you’d foul it off. He steps up on the big stage, and he did it...

It was a borderline pitch. I thought it could go either way. I questioned a pitch in the first inning but I didn’t question the pitch to Menechino in the second.

It was a look that I’ve gotten a few times. And it doesn’t make you feel comfortable.

If you didn’t know he had surgery you wouldn’t even have thought it. He had to throw probably 70 pitches, I would think. In that short period of time, it was incredible. I know I...

The ball was jumping out of his hand. His velocity jumped up with it, his slider was tighter and he had a dominating performance.

I thought Randy went back out there for a curtain call.

To be up, 3-0, and not be able to stretch it out, … that’s probably where we lost it.

Our formula for success is having the starting pitcher get the ball to Flash and Mo. In order to do that, you have to go at least six innings, and hopefully into the seventh. You...

I questioned the pitch to Vernon Wells in the first inning. I didn’t question the pitch to Menechino in the second. In the first inning, they were jawing back and forth. I don’t think [Culbreth]...

It always comes down to the pitching.

In the first inning, they were going back and forth. Fieldin told him it was enough and Randy says a lot to umpires about strikes. You can place the blame anywhere you want. Randy took...

I started my career with the Red Sox and proceeded to live out my boyhood dreams in Major League Baseball. Thank you to all of my teammates, coaches, managers and fans for making the ride...

With Randy on the mound, we feel we have a good chance to win. Hopefully we will play better defense.

There is nobody who is more prepared or more intelligent about the game of baseball,

As Mike Mussina says, it became mindless for him. He wasn’t thinking about his mechanics. Everything was just falling into place. I think that’s why we saw the emotion, the intimidation. The velocity is up....

I think some of that’s changed because of the reporting.

We want Randy to show some emotion out there, so when he does it, you like him to channel it in the right way. Unfortunately, tonight it was directed towards the umpire.

I think he’s a perfect blend of old-school work ethic and new age with the computers and stats.

There was blame on both sides.

When he throws strikes, he’s tough; we know that from our experience with him. It’s never been a question about his stuff, it’s been whether he can control it in the zone. He did that...

This is the day Randy Johnson stepped up to the plate. You can say maybe this is the game we got him for, whatever. A game of this magnitude, against that team, being four games...

If they have more than one hearing, it won’t be that bad. But you get the sense they’re trying to rush some of this, which makes it hard for people to take time to read...

It’s not a deterrent. There’s nothing like playing here, like having the last at-bat. But we feel good about ourselves, home or on the road.

There may be some blame on both sides. Randy may have stepped over the line, and Fieldin may have gotten carried away too quickly. But when you see the umpire take off his mask, you...

[After Rodriguez gave up a single to Tony Graffanino that loaded the bases, Edgar Renteria hit a comebacker to the mound.] It was looking like a tailor-made double play, … The throw wasn’t quite where...

I think he feels good about what he did. When you put in the hard work and see the benefit and the rewards, it’s gratifying for him. Hopefully he’ll get on that run that we...

From the way he warmed up and what happened the first three innings, we thought it was going to be a fun day for us. It just got out of hand in the fourth.