How could it hurt him? We knew Ben would probably get knocked around a little bit, but that he would be strong enough that he would be able to handle it.

With guys of that talent, there is just no way they are going to struggle for [that long]. It was just his time to get out of it.

We were swinging the bats really well today.

You don’t really count on scoring five runs against Roger Clemens. He didn’t have great stuff but the thing about that kind of pitcher is that he finds ways to compete even when he doesn’t...

We finally put together some good offense and great pitching. It’s beautiful.

Adversity is a great teacher if you stop and learn something from it. He has done everything he needs to do. He’s back on a good roll.

It’s just time to make a change.

I don’t think he quite understood me.

Corey gave it everything he’s got. He might have dove just a hair early, which jarred him when the ball did hit his glove. We had trouble catching fly balls tonight. . . . It...

He (Cirillo) is a veteran type player who is comfortable in those types of situations.

They need that adrenaline, they need that packed house to really get going.

It’s been a lot different. In years past, we focused on playing baseball games. From Day 1 (this year), we’ve gotten ready to win baseball games. We’ve focused more on little things, fundamental things.

I told our guys it’s very important for us to go home this winter and not give anybody the ability to call us losers again. They’ve been called that for 12 straight years.

We’ll see what happens his next start. If he can win his next start then he’ll start the last game of the year.

Kolb came in and had a clean inning. It was good to get Kolb off on the right foot – he’s going to be a big part of our bullpen.

Vargas came out on his game today and just shut us down offensively. We couldn’t get anything going. He was hitting his spots real well.

The next step will be a bullpen, but when I’m not sure.

It’s not a concern to me. I hadn’t even thought about it. Jenkins is swinging the bat OK.

Every day is a new day.

I don’t have any idea how far it went but he crushed it.

I didn’t feel we were out of the game, especially after Corey’s home run. The key is if you are going to give up five going against Andy Pettitte, you can’t give up any more.

I guess there is a little bit of an advantage, because you get to know guys a little more. But we’ve got a good scouting program and people out looking (at the other teams). There...

We need to get some good starts. We need to get some deep starts.

[Goals in Milwaukee are appropriately modest.] We’ve got to find a way to get to .500 first, and if we can get there this year or next, then we can think about being competitive, …...

To get six outs like that in that situation was every bit as big as anything else that happened.

He’s beating himself. That’s what is frustrating. He’s not making the other team beat him. He’s beating himself. His stuff is too good for that.

I put him up there with the intent of him winning the game. You know, he’s had such a great spring for us, he’s such a veteran-type player who really is comfortable in those situations.

He just struggled all night long. They weren’t smashing balls all over the place. They hit some balls off the end of the bat and they found some holes.

That’s a big decision,

He’s a professional player, a pro that you want your younger players to emulate. He will see a lot of time for us at third base. He could really help us.

They enjoy what they’re doing. But they’re not a real excitable bunch, to the point where it affects their performance.

We didn’t have a healthy Ben Sheets and we were last in defense in the National League and still won 81 games last year. If you can make some minor improvements, we can surely pick...

The offense is starting to kick in now and that’s a good sign. It shows the character of your club when you’re down 11-2 and come back.

That shows the kind of hitter he is.

He just never really got it going tonight. He felt good, he felt all right. At times he popped it at 93 and most parts he got it around 90. He had a lot of...

We’re over the hump for tonight. You never want to get there (.500) and keep falling back like we did. Again, we’re over .500 tonight. We got to make sure we stay over .500 again...

We played solid and consistent baseball all day long. We didn’t make any glaring mistakes. That’s our goal, to try to be as consistent as we can be, day in and day out.

They’ll go a long way if they have a good September in terms of production and getting the job done for next year.

It would have had to been a perfect feed. Reyes is very fast.

You’d be foolish to envision that.

He was dead on. It just seems like when he pitches we match up with a pitcher who has a great day.

Everybody has to pick up the slack with Ben out. All the guys have to chip in and help out.

We’re not there yet.

That’s why I was so interested in this job. That’s the reason right there.

He might get an occasional day off but he’s not coming out of the lineup.

You’d like him to get as many balls as he can, to get used to playing the position. He looked good out there. He’s going to be fine. He’s got the athletic ability to be...

They’ve been playing great since they got here. A huge part of what makes this so exciting is watching those kids get an opportunity and do well with it.

There was some confusion at the end of the inning, whether there were four or five home runs. We just knew that we hit a bunch of home runs.

It really surprised me that they were able to turn (the double play). I didn’t think they had a chance.

I was just trying to maximize our matchups, … It didn’t work out.