When it really comes down to it, I really don’t care where I play as long as I play. You could throw me in the outfield, I don’t care; anywhere but behind the plate, for...

He’s like a world-class fisherman out there, … trying to bait [them] in.

The one thing I wish would have happened was we would have scored one more run for Milton. I wish he could have gotten a win out of that instead of a no-decision.

But I’m also at a point in my career where I feel I can play a bunch of different places, and I could play every day: a couple days here, a couple days there.

I’m proud of the way I’ve handled myself after a slow start, coming back the way I have and learning new positions [second base, third base].

The guy’s our ace. He pitched a hell of a game today, one of the best games I’ve seen him pitch,

I can come in one day and say ‘Hey, I’m playing third,’ and the next day, ‘Hey, I’m playing second,’ and have the confidence that I can do it now without worrying about what I’m...

I’ve played too long to let my ego get in the way, or my pride — to say, ‘I have to play shortstop’ or something like that. You know what? I played 10 years at...

At that point, we had left 10 guys on base. We had had a couple opportunities, but we didn’t capitalize on them. Getting off the hook like that was good.

After the last year of playing a couple of new positions, I have confidence that I can do that and get the job done there. I think they have the confidence in me that if...

It’s hard to win a game when you’re giving up 16, 17 hits a game, … and your team doesn’t get the 17 hits a game.

He’s kind of sneaky. He throws across his body and he short-arms his pitches. You’ve got to feel him out. It took us a few times to get something going off of him.

He thanked me for what I’d done, … He said they’d know more after their meeting next week.

Too far off, too hard to say.

I don’t know. That’s for the pitchers to decide, not me.

I don’t think anyone would have picked these four teams. Maybe St. Louis, because Arizona had some injury problems. But it’s like an NCAA pool out there. You never know what’s going to happen.

It’s kind of depressing when you lose like that. Teams like that, they win games like that. Seems like they always come out on top.

Look it up. I don’t think I’ve ever hit cleanup.

We have to try some different things out there on the mound.

He?s a mentally strong guy. I think his goal right now is just to be healthy and not talk about this stuff. That?s his prerogative. There?s not much for him to talk about. Everybody is...

You know how it was for me earlier in the season [when starts were scarce]. I don’t care where I hit, as long as I’m in there.

We’re going to go as far as our pitching takes us. Our offense is going to match up against anybody …

You really have nothing to lose in that situation. I choked up a little bit, especially with two strikes. I wasn’t looking for an offspeed pitch, but I knew he had it. He ended up...

We got some walks and some hits with runners in scoring position, … Those are the little things you have to do. You’re not always going to get the three-run homer.

Even when they don’t have all their starters in there, they’re not on all cylinders, they’re still a great ballclub and they know how to win. To come out and play a pretty solid game...

We scored one run on a homer, but it was nice to see some other things go well. We had a couple guys walk, a couple base hits, a couple hits with runners in scoring...

To not lay down and die after the inning they had was big for us and shows that nobody in here has given up.

That’s good for out mentality the rest of the way. It shows nobody in here’s given up.

In a weird way, it’s good and bad being an insurance policy. Do I like to do it? No, because I know I can play every day. At the same time, if I’m going to...

I think finally in the middle of August, beginning of September, I started feeling better again. I started feeling like myself. The way I hit the ball [Thursday night] out of the park is the...

I see no positive effect that can come out of this. I can see the good intentions, maybe, of what they think they’re doing, but what are you going to change that’s happened in the...

He could have Babe Ruth hitting behind him, … and they’d still walk him.