That made my career taking him deep,

We spotted him that one run. My freakin’ terrible throw went to center field. Give a guy like that a one-run cushion when he’s got his ‘A’ game . . . that’s tough.

Personally, my MVP is Brian McCann. He’s only 21 years old, but he comes in and we don’t skip a beat. The pitchers have a lot of confidence in him, the way he calls a...

This was a legitimate perfect game, any way you slice it.

That might be the thing that gets him over the hump and lets him get through a lineup three times.

The mere presence of him, whether he’s going good or not, you have to give him respect.

Ben Sheets man, he had good stuff.

He just makes pitches when he has to. He’s got that slider that sometimes looks invisible to hitters, but they’ll swing at it. … We’ve been calling him Houdini all season long.

Things were kind of looking like we were going to have to face him.

We can’t seem to put a streak together right now with this kind of win one, lose one, win one, lose one. That’s not the way we want to go into the playoffs. We want...

His bread and butter is his sinker, … He couldn’t get it down. We had to use other pitches.

I’ve felt more comfortable every day these last few games. I was just trying to battle and put the ball in play. That’s usually when I hit most of my home runs, when I have...

He’s still a learning 21-year-old, and he’s only going to get better. To be plucked out of Double A and contribute to a championship-caliber club like he did, his mental makeup is second to none.

We could have easily swept this series and we left with a split, so it’s kind of frustrating.

It wears on you, man. This game is tougher here because early on it looked like we were going to take a beating, and we battled back, scratched and clawed our way back into the...

He’s one of the rare guys in the major leagues who can throw one pitch pretty much all night.

When [Hudson] came out of the game, Marcus and I stood on the mound and said it’s the first time he has thrown that many balls up in the zone.

We’ve got the defense down.

If we can go home and take care of business in this last homestand, we’ll be fine.

He just makes pitches when he has to. He gets himself into trouble, but he’s got a slider that seems invisible to hitters.

The last couple of days, I’ve felt like I can really help this team, … Last week, I wasn’t so sure. I’m excited about the future and the playoffs. I think I’m healthy enough to...

Impressive. He beat the best team in baseball today.

For a while, we were in bad shape with injuries and things like that, … but a lot of guys just stepped up.

He might be licking his chops right now.

In his defense, … you can’t think that quick.

He’s got 13 wins and pretty much carried us through a stretch there. He’d take the hill, and we knew we were getting seven shutout innings. He’s been a big pickup for us.

It was weird, … I was used to making a lot of right turns lately. I had to make three left turns around the bases. I got back to the dugout and everybody was yelling,...

I’m just at a point where I don’t think it’s going to get much better. I really think the best thing I can do is get back on the field.

Personally, my MVP is Brian McCann, … He’s only 21 years old, but he comes in and we don’t skip a beat. The pitchers have a lot of confidence in him, the way he calls...