We have six, seven guys we didn’t have last year. They’re hungry. We built this team to stay hungry.

We built this team around team hitters. Everyone who goes to the plate has a good idea of what to do. When you have that, it’s hard to stop.

Garland is my starter. I’m going to stick with him until he says he can’t do it anymore. I believe in him, believe he has great stuff.

He will hurt you. He’s always going to do something, and right now he is making it fun to come and watch.

I’m not the type of person who counts something I don’t have. Do we think about it? Yeah, that’s part of the game and part of the strategy. We have to make decisions and make...

I’m not good in math, … That’s why I just say, `Come back tomorrow and win the game.’

He’s got a chance to be a pretty good ball player. He’s got all the ability. He’s going to get a shot, hopefully he can take advantage.

If you win 94, 96 games, and someone beats you, then you go home knowing that you didn’t lose, someone beat you, … You can’t let it get to you. If you lose a game...

It was to our advantage, all the traveling stuff, but they showed us and they showed everybody that it’s not the truth.

You want to know the truth? Because I’m the manager.

I ‘ d rather be in this position than sitting around in September playing kids and talking about being the spoilers or some (garbage) like that. This is why you play the game.

That’s the way people have to play the game,

You want to go in your room and call your mom and start crying.

I always say, `Don’t let the monster wake up,’ … I said that against Boston (in the previous round), and I said that against Cleveland (in the regular season).

[Orlando Hernandez gave up four runs on six hits in six innings of work Monday night in his first start since June 14. Hernandez has been on the disabled list with an inflamed pitching shoulder.]...

It’s great. [But] don’t count anything. We’ve got to go there and play hard and play the way we play. Believe me, they know how to come back.

That’s when stuff is going your way.

Do we need him? Yes. Is he a big part of the group? Yes. Can we play without him? Yes.

He did a tremendous job. He knew how bad we needed it and he did it.

We’re going to use him as quickly as we can.

This is the only shot he’s going to have, and I feel for him. I think this man deserves to be there. I wish him the best and hope he keeps working for the White...

We don’t have anything against Frank. I don’t think anybody should. Frank never did anything bad for us.

Obviously we’ve got to keep monitoring him and his playing time and how we are going to use him. I think this will be better for him because most of the time we are going...

You don’t win games in the paper. You don’t win games running your mouth. You go out there and perform and do the best you can and see what happens. The comments [the Indians] made,...

This kid is going to carry us for a while. This is going to be a fun summer.

I told the guys to get a haircut and put it on eBay — there might be some money from it. People are so stupid now, they buy stuff that’s stupid.

Seattle fouled off a lot of pitches; they were fighting. They were making Vazquez throw strikes and fight for every at-bat. That’s why his pitch count was so high.

No doubt about it. They’ll bring out a lot of fans. [Owner] Arte Moreno did a good job bringing back the fans. They’ll be ready for the rivalry, but we’re prepared for that.