We’re the only team that has got 90 wins other than St. Louis and it’s like ‘Wow, we’re not that bad.’ … Some people think our team is a bunch of [garbage] but we have...

He asked me about it. Hermanson told me, ‘Whatever is best for the team, I’m willing to do it.’ He told me that. I didn’t tell him that. I told him, ‘Just be prepared.’ I...

I asked him what happened, and he said because the average is better here than on the road, but it doesn’t mean anything, … You have a team like the Texas Rangers and you expect...

His velocity is fine. The location of the pitches is not good. … He (hung) a couple breaking balls to the wrong guys.

He’s a real New Yorker, he wore the pinstripes. You got to beg me to come back here.

I think Mark is one of the most underrated pitchers in the game now. Hopefully with this playoff and the World Series ‘¦ people will give him the recognition.

I want Vazquez to be Vazquez. I want him to show up. He’s a good pitcher. He does not have to come here and carry the team. He just has to do what he has...

He has one of the best arms, maybe is the best arm in my rotation, and he’s showing right now what kind of pitcher he is. He’s showing right now what we expect from him...

I will be concerned if we are one game behind, … You get nervous when you don’t do anything about it … We just have to keep fighting.

You have those guys in the lineup, you pray for the best. He was throwing strikes. He throws a quality pitch, and you have to do that with that team because they will score in...

We came back and that’s something I feel good about. We never give up.

If we win, it will be there forever.

He’s been our best pitcher down the stretch. He has it all, the arm, the pitches, the control. All he needed was the confidence.

There’s no doubt about it, we really flat-out stink.

If they say they’re tired, that’s an excuse. If they’re tired, then Minnesota should be tired, Cleveland should be tired, everyone should be tired.

I don’t care if you’re a Cubs fan, a Bulls fan, a Bears fan. I think a lot of people now are Chicago fans,

I don’t know where we’d be without him. He’s stepped up big-time for us, especially with Frank (Thomas) out. Really, he’s been consistent since Day One.

I told my players, the last 11 games we have to win are the toughest ones.

We’re not going to use them. Making the trip for no reason, Boston is real uncomfortable, the clubhouse is small.

I don’t say anything to hurt people and I always speak the truth. So there is no reason I shouldn’t say what I think.

To be 19 years old and do what he did at the major-league level that spring, that’s impressive. Everything moves fast at this level, and he didn’t back down.

I like what I see. He was throwing a lot of strikes. We will take a better look when the games start in the minor leagues. It’s a first-time outing, and we are going to...

It was the right guy at that particular time. I say whoever swings the bat better, that’s when he will move up.

Last year is over, 2005 is done. You can’t stay in that year forever.

I told him, ‘If I take a chance with you and I believe in you, why are you not believing in yourself? Why are you not taking advantage of this situation? He told me [Monday],...

One thing with Bobby, every time we say something to him, he does it.

We just have to go there like 2006. Not 2005, because 2005 is over.

Two months ago everybody wanted to kill this kid and get him out of town because he was pitching horrible,

I believe in pitching. You can put a little league team on the field to catch the ball. With the pitching staff they have, they’ve still got a chance.

Mentally we need guys to show every time, … I don’t know if Marte is ready to do that for the team. I’m going to talk to Kenny, I’m going to talk to (Marte) and...

If you play Boston or New York and you pitch good, you have a chance. This team, if you pitch good, you don’t have a chance because somebody will steal a base, somebody will move...

If Uribe feels comfortable and does what he is supposed to do in the second spot in the lineup, I think our ball club will be better offensively.

We need him to get back to the form he was last year. We know he can do that.

Freddy was not on today. He got behind in counts and when your not on against the Indians you will be hit.

I went out and talked to Freddy, about if he’s got enough,

I knew 100 percent, for sure. In Game 2, it was close. This play, anybody could see.

The reason is obvious,

If we are in situation where we are going to the playoffs and Freddy is struggling, we’ll think about moving him [out of the rotation]. Right now I still have faith in him, and think...

Everybody boos A.J. wherever he goes. He loves that because it pumps him up. I think every time they boo this kid, it makes him a better player.

I’m so happy for these kids. A lot of people started doubting us. Even we started doubting us. But then we started believing again, started playing good baseball again, and I like the way we’re...

That play could have cost the game. A ball on the line and a couple of runs are going to score. Ozuna has been playing well for us. He’s playing pretty good defense and doing...

Right now there’s still a lot of soreness in the finger. We have to see what decision we’re going to make, if you want to move somebody quicker before the rosters expand, or play with...

I feel that we have a better lineup than we’re showing. But we have been really struggling the last week and a half. No one in our lineup is swinging the bat well right now....

Garland threw the ball real poorly. He wasn’t throwing strikes. Today was one of those days he didn’t have it.

We just had horses— pitching. We didn’t pitch good.

Right when we needed it. This was a big game for the team. I don’t know what it means to him, his first major league win, but for the team, that’s a big win, huge.

This kid went from my last starter to No.1 in the playoffs for us, … If you told me in April that Contreras was going to be my ace and Bobby Jenks was going to...

The only time we didn’t execute was in the first game [of the ALCS],

It’s not easy when you play or work in one place that many years and all of a sudden you’re gone. Because it happened to me before, I’m not going to criticize Frank.

He threw the crap out of the ball for the first time this spring training. He had a lot of confidence he was the McCarthy we saw last year, and he was the McCarthy we...