Nolensville has been invited to the party, and they didn’t show up to the dance.

I think it’s a huge positive for us, because we haven’t won too many games lately when the starting pitcher hasn’t done well. The offense really picked me up tonight.

If there wasn’t bad blood before, there is now. That’s for sure.

That guy can hit anything. When he hits the ball hard, it’s homers, and when you make (tough) pitches on him, it’s broken-bat singles. I mean, he can do everything.

[Rodrigo] Lopez pitched well, but we’ve got to find a way to beat guys like that to get to where we need to be, … because we’ll be facing plenty of them.

I give credit to the offense tonight. The guys scored some runs, and that’s big. It’s a huge positive. For most of the year, we needed really good starting pitching to win. This has got...

It’s definitely nice that they have the confidence in you to give you a long-term deal.

I think we felt confident coming into the series that we could win it.

Jason has a history of being out on the plate and keeping his elbow guard on the plate. I told him to move it back and he came after me. I was surprised, but I’m...

The biggest key today was the guys gave me a cushion. I was able to use a little bit more of the plate than usual, and they hit some balls hard at people.

I could tell warming up that I felt stronger. I felt like [the ball] was coming out of my hand good today. That was a good sign.

You just knew we were going to do it. You just knew it.

It is nice for them to show the confidence in me. It’s nice the organization feels confident in me to sign me to a long-term deal.

I think the experience of growing up without a lot of things always gave him the fire to play hard. He didn’t have anything else, any distractions, so he played sports, and that’s what he...

The last time we got in a fight (with the Padres during spring training in 2002), we won the series. I’d be OK if that happens again.