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....

Our bullpen looks really good.

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),

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...

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...

We also told him that if he can’t (pitch in relief) then he won’t do it. But I think because of the kind of guy he is, he’s shooting for it.

Is it going to happen? It might not happen, but we’re trying to cover every base we can.

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.