He looked really good the first inning, he was getting his breaking ball over. Then he kind of lost his feel for the strike zone.

We’ll take 3-3 right now having gone in against Boston. Now you can go home, but it doesn’t get any easier.

The kid was dynamite. That’s all you can say. Everything you heard about him he did tonight.

Just chalk it up to part of [maturation]. He’s going to have those [bad outings], … He’s ahead of schedule just by being here. We’re trying to balance it, too.

He picked up right where he left off last year.

We’ve been swinging the bats pretty well. I really like how our offense is built.

But if you’ve been paying attention and seen what he has done, he has got a pretty good argument on his side.

He’s been used so much. It’s a big game and we wanted to win, but we’ve got to think about him, too.

He did his running and felt good, felt better. If he keeps progressing, we’ll see where he’s at. I know we have to make a decision on that tournament. We’ll have to see.

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He’s a big man and he’s not afraid to speak up.

We’re going to watch it. The other day he went seven strong [innings] and then hit a wall. So we’ll be cautious with him.

You guys are pretty much right on it. But things could change.

He was pretty placid during the whole exam. He didn’t even react to the injection. You can see in the exam picture, he’s not even looking back to see what’s going on.

We had a great season last year, and we might be even better this season, … We only lost seven seniors, and the seniors for this season are great. We have a chance to be...

Maybe he won’t go somewhere else. You don’t know. If there was a team that wanted a catcher, or needed to upgrade [he would probably get picked up]. It might not even happen. I don’t...

He always pitches very good when he’s facing these guys, which is tough to do.

They recruit their managers from the factory floor; we get ours out of law schools.

We played a good ballgame, … We scratched a couple runs and caught the big break.

These guys [the White Sox] I think are better because they’ve got [designated hitter Jim] Thome now. The American League is a tough league.

He has pitched three days in a row and won’t be available tonight.

We’re going to give this a go. That’s our plan. If somebody is really hot and we’re trying to win games, it may come down to that.

He (Rios) wasn’t benched (yesterday), he wasn’t going to play (yesterday), … Reed (Johnson) got three hits the night before and that’s why he’s in right.

It takes its toll.

He wasn’t his sharp shelf, but I tip my hat. The guy wanted to take the ball to help the team out,

The few days I’ve seen, I’ve got a pretty good idea of how he’s going to be. I think he’s going to be solid. I think he’s going to improve throughout the year. As the...

He wasn’t real sharp. But they have a good-hitting club. They make you pay if you make mistakes and that’s what it was.

We’re hoping he can give us a little spark with his bat when Gregg Zaun doesn’t play. He’s part of the future.

It’s big, it’s the second time it’s happened to him. Nothing you can do about it, you’ve got to move on. . . . He was throwing good, he was throwing hard.

I had Vance for three years in the Minor Leagues, and I thought he was going to be an All-Star catcher one day. But he got in a collision at home plate and cracked a...

His command is there. That is a big thing of his and he has it early.

His curve ball was missing, … but he still pitched well.

We have been swinging it well. I like the way our offense is built.

We want to get him some playing time. He’s caught Bush very well. I plan on getting [Ken] Huckaby in there, too.

The focus is always on this division. We can disrupt some things.

I think (sending McGowan to Triple-A) would do him good because of the way the bullpen is stacked up right now. We’re not coming down here with him eliminated (from the picture). But if we...

He has got a second wind I guess. He takes good care of himself and he’s a strong guy. When it gets late in the game and he starts chalking up pitches, he doesn’t really...

We were due to get some hits. We were overdue. That’s the way we usually do it — when we’re going good. It was a good game for us. … We’re like any team. We...

The thing about Crawford is he’s got some big-time power, too. He can beat you in so many ways. They’re pretty much the same guy once they get on, you know they’re going to get...

They can make an impression and help us along the way. You never know what’s going to happen.

I think there’s a dramatic difference in their styles — especially on the same day,

We don’t need one leader. We just need everyone to come together. Vernon and Zaun and I’m sure the new guys will do their part, too.

He’s had our number all year. Three times we haven’t been able to do anything with him.

He just can’t run on it right now. I mean, he can, but it’s bothering him. He’s doing everything but running. … We don’t want to push it too far, too fast. But he’s ready...

It’s a huge loss,

We expected to have a better team than we’ve had here in a while. The key is to play to good against the teams you’re going to compete with all year because there’s been optimism...

To be honest, I would’ve hoped that he’d win 10 games. I’ve got to believe he’ll get a couple more.

Last year, we went to Cincinnati and played St. Xavier,

We want to hang in there and see what develops. We want to finish well and say we had a good year. You play until you’re eliminated.

We don’t like to see him. We don’t like to see the guy behind him either,