You can go back over everything and kick yourself, but there’s no point. I just didn’t make the pitches. The fans, the city, they deserved a little bit better effort from me.

It was fun to be out there today.

I remember Huddy saying last year that if it wasn’t done by camp, that’s it. And they got it done before spring. That’s the only example I know about. But that’s not me. I don’t...

We’re a complete team,

I felt pretty good yesterday, not great. But today’s probably the first day I have absolutely no discomfort, no tightness, no nothing — besides just the general soreness in the spot that I got hit,...

A lot of people thought I didn’t like St. Louis. I loved it. Don’t get me wrong. I loved Oakland. But the year I had in St. Louis – with the fans, the city and...

I loved playing in Oakland. But losing those [top free agents] year after year after year … it was frustrating. And so much of it was dependent on the three of us, how we pitched,

This team isn’t about who is No. 1 and who’s No. 5. Obviously, Carpenter has stood out head and shoulders over everyone else in baseball. The rest of us don’t look at what number we...

We were talking about him the other day. He could be starting for 25 major league teams. It’s tough. But you don’t want to be frustrated by it. You go out and do your thing...

Compared to what it was yesterday, it’s 100 per cent better, but it’s still not good enough. I still can’t quite look far enough to pick up the catcher.

Everybody here has a lot of respect for him and what he’s done in his career. To win a game like this, as important as it is, against a guy like that, it’s a tough...

To me it was huge, because there were a lot of times last season where I got a ground ball and one of the runs scored. So to get those strikeouts there, at least the...

I just left a lot of pitches up as the day went along. Just one of them days.

I didn’t want to come out of that game.

It’s cool, but it’s not something I’m worried about right now. I have one start before that.

Izzy told me the first time you’re traded or released and go somewhere else is the hardest. After that, it’s no problem. I can now understand why people say that. It wasn’t hard making an...

I think it’s unfortunate that the public thinks all of us are on steroids. It’s the wrong image. I’m so happy we have testing this year. I think it will wipe this out.

I’m looking for someone who is going to be open to the public. It’s got to be black and white with us. That seems to be something that a lot of politicians just don’t understand....

I don’t care what start you pick last year, it felt better today.

To me, it seems like the same lineup as last year. But they’re obviously pitching a lot better. When you put together some pitching and all of a sudden get a little more confidence, I...

I know sitting in the dugout, we all thought it was over his head.

Those were three miserable days in Chicago. Things didn’t go our way when we were there and we played a much better game, a complete game.

Everybody would be lying if for one minute – one second – you didn’t think, ‘All right, it looks like we’re going home,’ … But all of a sudden, (David) Eckstein gets a knock …

We got up earlier so it made it a little easier to throw strikes, … I could pitch a little here and there and not go after everybody.

probably the first day where I have absolutely no discomfort, no tightness, no nothing.

At first, I was looking for the ball, … And then I realized how bad it hurt. It got a little tighter each inning. . . . But once the inning started, the adrenaline took...

I like using my defense; that’s why when you give up a hit I’m not going to be that mad, … The next pitch you can get a double play. That’s part of my game...

It’s OK. It’s swollen pretty good, but I’ll be fine.

No, not really. I would have liked to finish it, but I knew when Jenkins hit it, it was going to fall in. I figured he was going to come out. It’s all right.

We have a veteran team, … That’s a difference for me. I’ve been on a younger team that doesn’t always know what’s going on. This is a team that always knows what they’re doing, how...

Today is probably the first day where I have absolutely no discomfort, no tightness, no nothing. I’ve never been hit like that before. It was just dead on, a full blow.

I feel fine, … It’s much better. I’m expecting to go out there.

This isn’t how the story was supposed to end,

I think every pitcher, if you don’t go out there expecting to win, expecting to do well, then you shouldn’t be going out there, … You’ve got to be ready for these situations and you’ve...

Everyone was making such a big deal about when we would clinch. Now we can concentrate on moving on to the playoffs,

This is what it’s all about — baseball in the fall,

[The Cardinals are] good, but if we play the game the way we can, we can compete with anybody.

Coming from the Coliseum in Oakland to Busch, it’s nice to be finally playing in a new place.

It’s a little bit better, but I’m still not ready to go out and pitch,

I really, really felt good tonight, and the one mistake, pretty much the only ball I left up in the zone, he hits for a homer. What are you going to do? I just tried...

When I’m throwing a good sinker, I get a lot of quick outs. If I get beat, I want to get beat on my best pitches and that’s what happened. I can handle that.

This won’t happen in the playoffs, I’ll be ready for that.

It would be nice to do it in Chicago, too.

I think I’m where I want to be, especially physically. I wasn’t tired at all in the fourth inning. I didn’t feel as good today as I did my first two starts, but I had...

Obviously we had good rotations in Oakland. But the consistency from the five of us is amazing to watch. It’s fun to watch. Our offensive guys know no matter who’s pitching we have a chance...

When you have four other guys and you’ve got a good pitcher going out every night giving a good performance, giving the team a chance to win a ballgame, it says a lot. It says...

He’s unlike anybody else, he’s a special player.

He’s unbelievably talented. I saw him for five years in the American League. He’s got as good a stuff as anybody.

I was fine, … There was no soreness, no nothing.

Not to jinx myself, but I felt better today than I did in any start last year. I felt really good. My mechanics feel so much better. I don’t care what start you take last...