This will be a game watched by every Dominican soul, the 8 million we have on the island and all the others spread around the world.

We’re going to play to win, but as managers we also have the responsibility to have these guys ready for the regular season.

We will using the line up that you saw out there today. It’s not time to make big changes. That line up won the last to games for us.

He’s become the face of a big part of the United States, a big part of the New England fan base and he deserves it. He’s a pro on and off the field, a very...

We have a responsibility to get these guys ready for the regular season. We are doing pretty much what they do in Spring Training like fundamentals and extra work. We owe it to them and...

We made the decision it’s the best thing for us. He’s dying because he wanted to participate so bad, but unfortunately he won’t be able to do it.

I had a blast. It was very intense and every game was a must-win game. I would do it again if asked and almost every player I have talked to from different nations would come...

Most of the players here were not involved in the Caribbean Series. That was something that basically the fans were the ones that were really involved in that, took it personal. We were going to...

This is the real kind of Caribbean World Series, especially having Cuba in there.

Our guys take it very serious and show a lot of pride in this kind of stuff.

It’s over, the second round, we went through it, and I feel fantastic because most of the guys now are in playing shape. The pitchers have been able to go out there more than once,...

I don’t know Soriano as an outfielder. He is here to play second base.

I think we can play a lot better. I think we could have scored at least 12 runs. We didn’t do the things we were supposed to do.

We lost our bona fide closer and our No. 1 guy.

It was an awesome experience. I would go again tomorrow.

We have so many stars that the toughest part is getting our roster down to 30 players.

The good thing is that in every game we had a different hero, so different people contributed to those different wins. I hope that Alfonso Soriano and Miguel Tejada wake up for the next round...

We are giving [Guerrero] time, and we respect his decision. We will stand behind him. If he does not feel good mentally to play, we will go forward.

I think everybody in baseball knew, even before the All-Star break last year, that we were going to play this Baseball Classic, and everybody that had the desire to play prepared themselves to play for...

I believe this is the biggest recognition I’m going to get for the rest of my life in my country. Coming from a country with so many good players and so many coaches and being...

The Expos have always been a perfect fit for him. In Montreal he can walk down a street or take a subway and no one will bother him, and he likes that. But who knows...

We’re pretty excited. He’s a guy that is really hurting right now because he’s not here.

I looked at the scoreboard at the end of the game. We weren’t going to win, 1-0. They flat-out outplayed us, and you have to give all the credit to Vazquez for holding down this...

You’ve got to give credit to the kid. He made a good play. I know he’s tied now in the league with assists [11 in just 48 games], but that doesn’t mean you can’t run...

I can see why they are dominating international competition.

It’s a short tournament and we have to stay humble about it. It’s baseball and anything can happen. We feel very good about the group we got here. We actually have the group we wanted...

There are no favorites in baseball. You can do it in basketball or hockey or any other sport, but in baseball there are no favorites. Our country expects a winning team and we are OK...

He’ll probably pitch as much as he would if he was in Spring Training.

We’re anxious to face Cuba. We’ve never played them before in this type of competition.

They always say the most important pitch in baseball is Strike 1. It’s even more important now.

I don’t think that, with the level of competition of every team, you need to have your ‘A’ team out there for nine innings every day.

We have big stars in our country, and it’s tough to trim our roster. There are lots of expectations around our club. I think we’re going to fulfill them.

I think our pitching was great. Actually things kind of flip-flopped a little bit. I think everybody thought we were going to hit everybody around in this tournament and that our pitching was as good...

I think it really helped [to understand him] that he went to a bigger market team.

We felt relieved. These guys are professional. They’ve been playing in the big leagues for years and they’re used to ups and downs.

Knowing Pedro, he doesn’t want to participate just to participate.

Nobody said it was going to be easy. But you can lose one game in the second round and still advance.

I am worried about the health of our best starters, but they have the desire to play and that makes me happy.

It’s nice to have depth, and that’s what we have.

There’s still a lot of baseball left in Sosa, he’s only had one bad year and has a lot to offer the Dominican team.

We really went at it hard like professionals. They deserve the credit. I’d rather give them credit than make excuses.

Daniel deserves all the credit. We had several scoring opportunities to break the game open. We didn’t do it but our pitching staff came through.

If you’re looking for the best players at this time, you can be sure to find them on the Dominican team.

(The WBC) is going to be every four years, but I don’t know if in four years we’ll be able to put together a team like we have right now. This is a pretty special...

Willie has made it clear that the job is out there for the taking.

Cabrera just stepped up and did a great job.

I believe that part of what the World Classic did was remind people that baseball talent comes from all over the world. There are a lot of people playing this game.

This park brings back good and bad memories. We fell short, but it was good to make it here. Our expectations were very high because of the team we had, but I also understood that...

I’m very happy with the performance of the guys here. And everybody had a chance to play.

It is a sign of what we can do.