[Offense] is the strength of our team. To lose somebody like Bobby would have been a huge blow to our offense. I’m happy to see him.

I feel confident that I can get hits in that situation, because I’ve been swinging the bat well for a while. It’s frustrating.

This is the best I’ve felt in terms of hitting the ball hard. Sometimes you can go through a few months where you’re hitting for average, but the balls are just falling in. I feel...

The last couple of years I’ve had constant inflammation. I took drugs for it and kept playing, but after the season I wanted to get it taken care of. [Dr. Steve Lombardo] looked at me...

I felt bad. I didn’t want him to call him out, but I had a bad feeling. I knew he went, though.

I felt a twinge when I did it, so I came of the game and didn’t want to (mess) with it, … I’ve been taking my drugs and I feel a little better.

I was setting up over the plate and calling two-seamers, and saying, ‘Go ahead, hit this movement. And there was a lot of movement,’ … We had a game plan before the game, but we...

This can only help my game.

Pretty much anything that’s sold in the U.S. hasn’t tested positive. But you have to be careful with anything from out of the country.

It’s tough to score a lot of runs off of Pedro, … We did tonight, more so later. The thing is, Pedro’s going to make mistakes. He knows how to pitch and you don’t know...

I thought we had no shot,

Just because of how we finished the season. But everyone knows how the fans felt about Ed the last few years. There was a lot of negativity. It’s all about winning.

Everything that’s sold in the U.S. has never had a problem testing positive. You just have to be careful, but especially with stuff bought outside the U.S. Then, make sure you keep some of it...

It’s unfortunate that it ended. It was quite a feat, and a great ride to watch for so many days.

An incredibly lucky turn of events.

That always seems to happen when you’re making a lot of money. And teams always need catching. You can’t control it.

It’s always a special day. It’s one of the only days all season that you’re really nervous. It’s probably a little easier now, because I’ve been through it so many times, but I still get...

He’s high on my Top 10 list of my favorite players I’ve played with. Everyone knows you only come across so many really good guys in your career, and he’s one of them.

He’s going to be a little wild anyway, because he had such movement on his fastball, but today his mechanics were off, so it was really flying.

Come on Cubs! … We need some spirit to put a hex on Houston, and it’s not doing it yet. It will, though.

It’s time to play. We can talk all we want about how talented we are and things that. You have to go out and play and prove it.

It’s also helped because we’ve struggled to win here [at Dolphins Stadium]. It was nice.

It’s going to be nice to have an off-day after a blowout. This couldn’t come at a better time.

Come on Cubs! We need some spirit to put a hex on Houston, and it’s not doing it yet. It will, though.

His control was off. His ball was running a lot. He made some pitches that were up in the zone with two strikes.

You’re at a slight disadvantage (batting eighth) because the pitcher is behind you. That makes it harder because you don’t see as many pitches to hit.

Since hurting my knee the first time, I’ve had problems squatting and doing certain things because the bottom part of my [kneecap] scruffs against something and causes inflammation, … Hopefully, this [surgery] makes it easier...

When you’re not playing well, you can’t beat anybody. It’s a matter of us not playing well as a team.

The fastball away is his No. 1 pitch. How many hitters can take a fastball away and hit it to right-center or up the middle? He’ll have to locate that consistently.

It’s perfect. It’s nice to be remembered.

He makes mistakes early in the count. I took advantage of a mistake. He threw a fastball down the middle when he just tried to get ahead. I was thinking look for a fastball early...

I’m going out to dinner with my girlfriend … so I kinda doubt (I’ll watch].

I don’t think about it.

I’m just glad Pratt had the bat. It’s made the consistency of my swings a little better. My swings are not quite as long now.

You think about that stuff every year, because there are only so many chances that you get in a career. You see guys who play 15 years and never get the chance to go to...

It’s huge. I’d be afraid to drive it. You’d hurt somebody.

We played all year and came up one game short. It’s hard to get over that.

Obviously, Houston’s schedule is easier. But I still believe anyone can beat anyone, so they can lose some games. Milwaukee’s played pretty good baseball all year. Anything can happen.

He’s money when it comes to the ninth inning. There’s no closer out there that’s like him. It’s really hard to compare a guy like Wagner to anybody else. With him, it’s like playing eight...