It’s satisfying, yeah. But do you want to make a habit of that? No. I could have given up eight runs tonight with the stuff I was throwing up there. But sometimes you’ve just got...

Just coincidence. That’s the way it goes sometimes.

It’s just bruised, sore and stiff,

I can field my position. If I start worrying about being ready for a line drive too soon, that means I’m not finishing my pitches, and I’ve got to be able to do that first.

I struck out two of the guys on two sinkers in, looking, and the other was on a splitter. I didn’t make any pitches like that last year. It’s just one start. I understand that.

I had a good sinker and got a lot of quick outs. It was kind of the same stuff. If I’m going to get beat, I want to get beat on one of my best...

Seven games into the season. Sure, it’s not what you expect, but it’s seven games into the season. I’m sure nobody’s worried. I love our bullpen. I love the way those guys throw and I...

I felt much better tonight than I did in my first couple starts. It was just one of those things. I felt really good.

I felt good today. I got my pitches down today and got outs when I needed to.

You’re watching all this happen and you’re asking what else is he going to do, hit another one? And that’s exactly what he does.

Nobody gets skipped here. Our fifth guy in Oakland had it tough. He didn’t know when he was pitching. He didn’t know how to go about things. It’s great how we’ve had it going this...

I know when I was in Oakland, things always kind of happened for us to not win a series,

I’m not going to get that worried about giving up a hit,

I know why I’m here, I’m here to win ballgames, … Whether it’s the playoffs, the regular season, whenever. You go out and get the job done.

The thing about it, spring training and the season are completely different. You’re working on things in spring training. When the season gets here, it’s time to do things.

Anytime you get a chance to pitch a game like this it’s always a good time as long as you do well, … It’s nice to finally clinch and have a chance to contribute.

I like using my defense, you know. I’m not going to get mad about giving up a hit because you make one good pitch, the next pitch you get a double play.

I think it’s … when the trade happened, maybe, I think it was kind of a fresh start. I’m excited to go to a team that is so committed to winning.

It’s big. They’re not just getting called up and sitting there, they’re getting put in situations where they can succeed.

I actually felt really good, … I had really good stuff; I just couldn’t throw any strikes.

I don’t see that the strike zone as different. I don’t see that there’s any stigma of American or National League as a player. The only real difference I see is that, in the American...

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.