I would start spring training a week earlier so the players would get five or six exhibition games in before starting.

I think we could play a lot better than what we played. I think we should have scored at least 12 runs.

Everybody who had the desire to play prepared themselves for this tournament. Our guys saw enough pitches. They had enough at-bats. No excuses.

The crowd did help us. We have a big Dominican community here. But I think the game was so good, the players weren’t even paying attention to the fans. They were focused on the game.

Back at home, everybody always thought that David was going to be big time. When he was in Minnesota, a lot of people thought that he was going to be a productive hitter there. But...

It took me by surprise that a team with such tradition as the Dodgers would consider me. I’m going with an open mind as if the job was mine. The Dodgers are equal to baseball,...

I think it’s going to be a terrific atmosphere. The four teams here are going to have good baseball.

We left the fear at home.

We’re the ones who are supposed to hit everybody around, but Venezuela didn’t let us do that. We showed our hearts, and we are very happy to be in the finals.

There is a window in that we’ll have big 27 show up for the next round. It’s not etched in stone yet, but it’s almost money in the bank and we’re pretty excited about it.

It was full of blood. He only had about 10 more pitches before he was done, so we made the change. We appreciate his effort.

All of those guys were supposed to come over here with him and I think that’s one of the reasons he doesn’t want to come. It would remind him.

I have a gut feeling he’s going to pitch.

You have to give all the credit to their pitching, which held our offense to only one run. They just flat-out outplayed us.

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.