[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...

I made pitches when I had to, when I had those guys on first or second. It’s a big part of me.

With this team we just got up 2-0 (against San Diego in the NL Division Series) and just finished it. No messing around, we came out and scored a bunch of runs early in the...

If I have a bad outing or even a good one, it’s over with, it’s done with good or bad, and move on. You can’t sit here and dwell on it and worry about it...

I’m not thinking about it as the season’s going on, but when you get it and his is over now, sure I take pride in that, … Everyone wants to be consistent and he’s the...

There’s a lot of pitchers who’ve got it. That’s an out pitch for them. It’s a big pitch.

None. That was a cool experience. It’s funny when you do something like that, you don’t realize really what’s going on. Everything was happening too quick. That was pretty exciting.

Obviously the more lefties, the better for me, … When they throw an all right-handed lineup out there like some teams do, you can kind of get in the groove with certain pitches. Sometimes it...

He’s got the perfect makeup for it. People don’t understand how much different it is from starting. You go out there with one pitch. And if you get beat with it, you’re expected to come...

He’s obviously the best I’ve ever played with,

It’s amazing, in that situation, that they even pitch to him. He already has two homers. What’s he going to do, hit another one? Well, he did.

I feel really good. It’s completely different. All the little things that I’ve done, my mechanics feel so much better. Not to jinx myself but I felt better today than I did in any start...

It was a little weird. My parents and everybody is here, so I’m glad I pitched well or I’d be in a bad mood right now.

Last pitcher to get a hit, 0 for spring. Jason (Marquis) loves rubbing it in.

It was a really great year but it’s not how we wanted it to end like this, especially after Albert hit that home run. We had a lot of momentum coming home. The crowd was...

A couple of them were hit hard, but they just weren’t hit where somebody was. That’s why it’s spring training.

He’s happy for me, but I think way deep down inside he’s mad. He just won’t admit it. They already said I’m icing my back because I was swinging too hard.

I say that and I wasn’t exactly happy with it. There were a bunch of games where I thought I could have pitched better. It’s just when I look back at say five or six...

Is this the place I want to be? Sure. But it’s not something I can control. It’s not something I’m going to worry about. I want to worry about games and getting ready for the...

That was a cool experience. Everybody starting yelling to get out there.

[Fifteen-game winner Mark Mulder had six assists in a recent win over the Mariners.] I just figure I’ll be a hockey goalie when the season is done, … There’s got to be a rink in...

I’d rather see the guy out there now. He always did an unbelievable job as a closer, but you never exactly knew how he was going to get there. He’d get it done, but he...

I’m making better pitches. It’s the little things.

To me the most important thing is I want young kids to see that steroids are not good for you. You’ve got too much riding on your career and health.

Once the inning starts there’s so much adrenaline it didn’t bother me much,

When it’s right, it’s coming out of my hand just like a fastball, … And the hitter sees it, and I think the reaction would be, ‘I got this.’ And then, all of sudden, boop!...

That was a cool experience. You don’t realize what’s going on. Everything is happening too quick. Guys are yelling at you to get out there, so you just go.

Going around second, I really didn’t feel anything. I was just trying not to smile or laugh running around the bases, because I wanted to. It was a cool experience, but I’m sure there’s probably...

When he first came off the disabled list, we were all getting on him. Hit the ball hard one time. Stuff like that. About time you do something Reggie.

The minute he hit it I knew if it didn’t go foul it was going to be a homer. I was so mad at myself. It was one of those situations where I didn’t necessarily...

I rely on our defense. They made the plays today and that’s huge for me because I need those guys to be successful. Guys are going to put it in play off me and I...

[Mulder, using his splitfinger fastball in place of his malfunctioning changeup on Sept. 6, 2000, threw six innings and allowed two earned runs – both on solo home runs – as the Athletics defeated the...

It’s gotten better every day, … I didn’t really have any complications.

I can’t turn [my neck] far enough to even look at the catcher.

I missed my last start, so it took me a little while to find that comfort zone. I had a pretty good sinker tonight.

Obviously he did a good job. But to say that it was him that did this, no… nobody knows that.

So yeah, we’re resigned