He was on the attack, he had command of his pitches. He felt good.

I’ve been waiting to break them out but you can’t do that before the first Retro Sunday.

Not everybody is cut out to be a Cardinal. There’s a certain standard, a certain type of player you have to be if you’re going to play on that team. That’s a tradition with them...

It didn’t take long to feel comfortable with Doug, because he’s so approachable. He told me at the start, ‘If you have a problem, let’s talk.’ If I’m upset about something and I talk to...

He just provides so much depth for us, so much protection.

The guys in that locker room have brought respectability back to this organization. I don’t think there’s a team that enjoys coming to Milwaukee anymore, or looks forward to Milwaukee coming to their hometown.

We’re calling up a hitter,

We’re playing pretty sound, fundamentally. We’re going from first to third when we need to. We’re picking up big runs. We’re running the bases good. We’re doing a lot of little things right.

We’ve got a lot of kids who are still growing. They’re going to get even bigger. We’ve got babies out there.

Power-arm guys in spring training generally take a little longer.

Not only are they so good talent-wise, they’re so good in every phase of the game. You come in here and play them, you know they’re not going to beat themselves. They’re going to play...

Every day is a different day. It’s just a day-by-day game. That’s why it’s such a great game.

The reason we don’t use him is because we’re not going to just throw him out there. This is exactly the reason he is here. We’re saving him for situations like that.

That was a nice job of damage control.

He wanted to go back out in the sixth, but for me, if it’s getting tight, the best thing to do is shut it down right now and look at it [Tuesday]. We didn’t want...

Lehr was up seven straight times, ready to come in (for certain situations). Getting up and sitting back down takes more out of you than coming in games. You can’t keep doing that.

He’s working on his fielding and arm. We’re not thinking about moving him to third.

You can’t have your defensive guys everywhere. It wasn’t like Brady was playing with his back against the wall. Brady came in a few steps. He just hit it under the coverage. It would be...

The average person probably doesn’t understand what he has done and the accomplishments he’s achieved. To win 14 consecutive years, it’s like Joe DiMaggio’s 56-game hitting streak – it’s a record that never will be...

That was a tough play but it was within (Weeks’) reach. It’s a play, if you’re going to win the ball game, that’s got to be made.

I think his improvement has come more on the mental side than the physical side,

Is that a problem? Yeah. Is that a good problem? Yeah.

He’ll fit in quite nicely. You can’t win without talent and we couldn’t pass up the ability to pick up someone with talent and experience, too.

It’s ridiculous to say that we don’t enjoy it. It’s a great start for us. With young clubs, you get off to a good start and you can carry this roll deep into the season....

(Fielder) has been in a major league clubhouse his whole life. He’s not awed or wide-eyed by this. He knew he was destined.

But those things all turn around. Our pitching will get back on track and we’ll be in good shape.

Experience tells you he’s not going to do it every time, but he’s sure going to do it the high majority of the time. That’s all you ask for.

He had no problems whatsoever.

You have to have that type of balance. You got a 25-man team and every man has to go out there and do his job. That’s what happened in that (seventh) inning. Now, we’ve got...

I don’t think we’re as fundamentally sound as they are yet, offensively or defensively.

It’s a matter of commanding his fastball and being consistent. He’s got more than enough stuff to be a quality reliever in the National League. It sets everything else up when he’s throwing his fastball....

I want them to get used to playing all three outfield spots. Versatility is certainly the key to what we want to do.

We just let too many opportunities get by early. We got his pitch count up and three times we had runners in scoring position and fewer than two out. We just couldn’t put the ball...

We’re getting a look at these guys for next year.

His elbow is sore. We’re not going to bring a guy up who’s hurt.

For the first time, they actually can come into camp and live the dream of playing into October. There are a lot of things that have to go right, but for the first time we...

You just kind of felt that. I turned around and said, ‘Prince is going to win it for us right here.’ He’s too good a player, too good a hitter, to have it go an...

He knows what he’s doing and knows what he wants. He grew up in this game and knows the game extremely well. I think he still has to work on his defense, but he will...

We don’t really see him having to go on a Minor League rehab [assignment]. There is a chance Wise and Santana could go out, for an inning or two.

We need two in a row to get us over the hump.

They’ve definitely improved their bullpen. It looks real solid.

Corey came in, got off the plane, got dressed, took batting practice and smoked the ball two or three times. He finally got a hold of one.

That’s going to be the hardest thing I’m going to have to do this season is finding Billy Hall playing time.

It was good to get some runs early. It gave Cappy a little room to breathe out there. He pitched another good game.

I’m real superstitious. Somehow, I don’t believe it’s the uniform.

When Billy gets hot, he can do some damage. He never hits those high, long ones. He hits laser shots.

They can ask all their questions with the doctors in there. We don’t want any confusion. Shut the door and let the players talk among themselves, just them and the docs.

I think that this organization for 12 years had gotten used to losing and you have to break that cycle. That’s why 81-81 was a big step for us. It broke the cycle.

When we traded Richie, the whole complexion of the team changed. We always seemed to be sitting back and trying to hit the home run. Now we’ve got guys in the lineup who work the...

That’s going to help us as much as it hurts us.