You see guys fill in roles every year.

I guess the box line pretty much speaks for what it was: two terrible pitches and gave up two bombs and everything else was pretty good. It tells me when I’m executing my pitches, I’m...

He continues to show why so many people, teammates included, are excited about what he’s capable of doing. He’s a great player. Certainly he’s had chances the first week to come up in big spots,...

That’s the manager’s call. It’s always the manager’s call. You do what the manager tells you to do.

What’s going to happen when I try it against Atlanta?

He sees things and processes things that he uses in an instant in his game plan that a lot of guys, quite honestly, can’t do.

The Utley at-bat was bigger than the ground ball [by Burrell], … The sinkers were close, but that’s the game sometimes. In that first inning, I didn’t get the benefit of many calls.

He and I were pretty well in sync today, and I think he’s pretty comfortable with what I’m trying to do.

We’re off to a good start and we’re trying to take advantage of it. It’s important because they’re in our division, but it’s no more important than that.

His was more active and repetitive than mine,

I’m sure I’ll get a few phone calls before the day’s over,

The tempo on my changeup is a little off right now because I was gung-ho being out there and trying to make pitches. I needed to relax a little bit. When you’re facing a team...

It’s not do-or-die or anything, but we’ve certainly created more of an uphill battle for ourselves.

I think that’s still part of the excitement of being out there. If I get to the point where I don’t, then I don’t need to be playing anymore. So at least I know I...

That’s too far ahead to think about. I’m just thinking about this season. That’s all I can control.

A lot of people were getting ready to hand us the pennant. But give our guys credit — none of [them] bought into that.

I didn’t get the benefit of any calls in the first. Having been through this so many times in this park, you don’t worry about it.

He can issue all the apologies he wants. That’s the easy thing to do. But we’ll see if he means it by how he acts every day after that.

I think everything comes together. I think it’s me being more comfortable with what I am trying to do in terms of how I pitch, in using the curveball and stuff like that. It all...

I gave up two bombs. Everything else was pretty good. That tells me that when I execute my pitches, I’m getting the results I want. I guess the downside is the result of the two...

I think we like it more this way.

It hard to tell. In one game it’s hard to make an assessment, but he still has that same presence, still has that same effect on the game.

I remember sitting in the dugout, being confident and almost expecting it to happen,

We gave him grief about everything. We always got on him about his physique, which is less than intimidating. How he’d dress sometimes. All that stuff. He was fair game. He played the game, and...

I don’t feel the anxiety I felt in my first start for the Mets, … Obviously, that game wasn’t as important in the standings as [tonight’s] game.

It’s an honor, and it’s fun to be the guy who goes out there and starts Opening Day. But I think sometimes there’s too much made of it.

It was during the game.

Tomorrow will determine what kind of a trip we have. It’s better to go home 6-1 than 5-2. We need to win series.

We had ourselves in a position to make a run, … and it’s kind of fallen apart.

The tempo on my change-up is a little off right now because I was gung-ho being out there and trying to make pitches. I needed to relax a little bit. When you’re facing a team...

I was expecting a hop I didn’t get, and when I started to turn, I didn’t catch it. My momentum was going toward second, and I reached for it and didn’t get it cleanly again.

It was either come in here and hang out for two hours waiting for the game, or do something. You hear about these guys, and you hear about people in our system. Unless we’re pitching...

Every once in a while you catch a break. Lord knows we’ve had a lot go against us.

As much as I love hockey, very rarely can I sit down and watch a game on TV from start to finish. I can do that with a baseball game, a football game. I just...

I think we all looked at this road trip as an important trip, and it’s more important now,

There are issues that go beyond some of the things said in that article. John should have a chance to explain himself and show that the way he was portrayed in the article was not...

It’s somewhat frightening that what he took was so easily found out.

There was a time where I thought it was old, and now I don’t think it’s so old. Like I’ve said all along, it’s more about how I feel and I feel great, and because...

We were running out of outs. You don’t get a lot of opportunities.

It was a fastball in, and I didn’t get it in enough.

It’s like, ‘Which version of Atlanta is going to win this year?’

When I first met him and got to talking with him, the goofball side comes out,

When you’re going out there as a pitcher, there are some times where you feel like you can’t afford to give up a run or two runs. That carries a lot of pressure. With the...

We all want to know what his secret is. But you know, who’s to say what old is anymore? A lot of guys are playing longer than they ever thought they would, myself included. Age...

In the years I’ve been here, sure. We haven’t had a team that’s been this good. … We’ve certainly gone out so far and shown that we’re a good team.

Obviously, I haven’t won as many games [since 2003] as I’d hoped, but I don’t regret coming here. It’s good to be part of this race. I feel good physically, and I’m throwing the ball...

I think most players are of the mind-set, if you leave our system alone, it’s going to work, and it has worked,

Obviously, I came in here knowing that it was an important game. I’ve heard the do-or-die phrase thrown around a little bit. I think it’s too early for that, but it’s no question that it...

If I’m healthy and pitch the way I’m capable of, I can’t see why I can’t do 15 (wins). If we’re going to win, everybody has to play to their expectations and the expectations are...

Every once in while you have to catch a break. Lord knows, we’ve had enough breaks go against us over the last few years.