Oh yeah, that’s huge, … That was something we wanted to stay away from. That gets you in a tough situation ? up and down, pitch, don’t pitch. He’ll pitch tomorrow and it’s fairly normal,...

When the season is over, we want to be on top regardless of how we get there. A tough game tonight. Our job now is to show up tomorrow and be one run better instead...

What bothered me is that I just got a memo from the (American) League stating that when (umpires) meet it has to be conclusive. When an umpire in the middle of the field overrules it,...

There might come a situation where we might want (Mike) Timlin in there early, rather than wait for the perfect spot — the save situation — when we have a chance to lose in the...

He’s an awesome guy. He’s too good a kid and one of the best players in the league. All of the things that we bragged about the last couple of years, they just don’t go...

I heard him let out a little yelp. I had a good idea what happened. Either that or Tom Brady had thrown for a touchdown.

It worked out well. We put a nice crooked number up early and we got to stay away from some guys in the ?pen that we wanted to.

I would think it was FOX’s.

He’s still commanding the strike zone but he’s putting more aggressive swings as he gets older, more mature and stronger. It’s fun to watch. I have a lot of confidence in his ability as a...

Last year he learned how to be a major league starter on a real good team. He hit a couple bumps in the road earlier, but he’s good.

I think he’s hoping, if everything went well, he could be walking without crutches by the All-Star break. Then he could maybe start coming around on an everyday basis. I don’t think he’d be able...

We want him to continue to build, but it’s difficult. We’ll manage it the best we can. The more he throws 80, 90, 100 pitches and it doesn’t hurt, the more he’ll have a chance...

Regardless of how much (the suspension) bothered him or how he felt about things, he really did a good job to get ready for his start,

We talked this morning. The best thing to do for me with David is not talk to you guys because if it’s going to get [messed] up in the translation, it’s not worth it. If...

I’m happy for him because he’s out there competing. I think he’s probably really enjoying the fact that he’s not trying to keep that ankle held together with splints and all kinds of contraptions.

You run into nights like tonight, when you don’t have an answer for anything they’re doing and it only gets worse.

That’s not fair to him.

He was OK to stay in, but I didn’t think it was a smart thing to do. We go and get ice on it now, and not only do we hopefully have him (today), but...

You feel better after a win. But it’s not like we can live it up and pound our chests. We have to beat one of the best pitchers in baseball tomorrow.

I don?t think I ever remotely (doubted).

I do feel bad. I think it could have meant a lot to him. He’s very team-oriented. I know he’s very proud.

Before he could get in a rhythm, he was down four runs. He just didn’t have command of his pitches.

I think he’s been looking at his hands pre-pitch and where they are. He did the same thing last year. Out of the gate, you just lose your comfort zone for whatever reason. He’ll get...

I talked to Johnny and talked to [team medical director] Dr. [Thomas] Gill just now, and Dr. Gill said he’s already improving, which is real good news. I don’t doubt this will be a few...

He’s interesting. He’s a switch-hitter, he can move a little bit. Now that Alex [Gonzalez] is back, I don’t know how long we’ll keep him here but it will be fun to watch him play...

We asked a lot, physically, of people [in 2004] that I think may have hurt us this year. I don’t think anybody would trade that.

Our bullpen looks really good.

He had one inning of 39 pitches and that was a big part of the ballgame. We couldn’t stop them. He was mislocating some fastballs and his breaking ball didn’t have the same bite, depth...

Our goal is to get him to be the dominant guy we can lean on,

It was nice that he had that left in the tank. That’s the guy I remember.

It swelled up so quickly that it makes you uneasy. I don’t doubt it (a Damon absence) will be for a few days, but that’s better than the rest of the year. If anybody can...

We’re fortunate. We’re finding out early in the season we need some depth and I don’t think anybody is uncomfortable sending (Mohr) out there. We’ll be fine. I don’t know that you want to play...

Once you give up five, … if they peck away and get one here and get one there, it makes it tougher to win.

Yeah, he tolerated it pretty well, … I think the hope is, and again, we might be reaching a little bit, the hope is that he might be available towards the end of the week....

I don’t doubt he’ll miss a few games, … but that’s a heck of a lot better than the rest of the year.

If we start getting offense from him, we have a good player. And, again, he’s hitting ninth so he doesn’t have to hit .300 and drive in 100. I want him to have a chance...

Physically, I felt like I got run over by a truck the whole year.

He had a lot of things that nobody ever knew, … He had a [sore] groin the last two weeks that was not feeling very good.

He’s very proud. When they put that shift on, sometimes he loses hits. He’s been robbed a few times … but those are some beautiful swings.

I’m not sorry to see those guys leave town,

He hasn’t felt good the whole year. It’s been hard for him.

We wanted to make sure everybody left in the same shape they came.

There wasn’t a whole lot that was easy (this season),

It depends who labeled them. I didn’t. They hit the ball out of the ballpark. I was well aware of that.

He almost tore my hand off. I don’t want to go anywhere near him.

We win as a team and lose as a team. We don?t point fingers.

It’s hard to explain if you haven’t been through it, but even when we were down, we just had the type of feeling that only we can have.

He has been the ultimate utility player. He was in a situation where he got [limited] at-bats, and he struggled.

He got himself in a predicament where he felt threatened and went on the offensive, but he paid the price and it’s over. He got himself in a spot where he was uncomfortable and it...

It will be unbelievable. Every home game we have with them is (like) a playoff game. When we play the Yankees, everything is ratcheted up 10 notches. The fans? They will be out of their...