Famous Quotes & Sayings

Tim Wakefield

To hold onto Manny's bat in the lineup, I'm glad he decided to stay.

You have to like the fact that we got the shutout because in the first half, it was a bit choppy. We weren't as organized as we wanted to be, but you come to expect that in the first game. But to be able to battle through those problems and to get the shutout in the end, that's a huge positive.

With Ryan Bohanan, the way he swings the bat makes him an awfully good option,

You have a commanding lead in home runs -- for the No. 9 spot in the batting order.

You hate to see a game like this. Even if you win you feel bad. But we got a chance to get our bats going and we got some valuable experience for our pitcher.

You hate to say it, but there's a bit of a breaking in period, during when a guy gets needs a break, to pitch a good game and get good results, and the confidence grows. That's what we're trying to get now, a positive roll. He won a spot in Spring Training, and now he's battling to continue to pitch here. He's facing an 'A' lineup every night, but, as a pitcher, you have to be able to separate that and understand that it's about making pitches.

You had to redo the whole place, which was fine with me. I blew out the kitchen and bath to a shell.

You have to have a desire to want to play and continue to battle. Sometimes, with an uphill battle like this one, you have passengers. It's hard because it's a tough game with a lot of adversity. Some guys just weren't up to the challenge.

Frank Robinson

You have to give the Korean team some credit. If you make a mistake they'll put the bat on the ball.

Frank Robinson

You have to give him credit for some of it. But some of the responsibility falls on our shoulders. We're not swinging the bats very well.

The pitchers, again, did a great job of holding them to only three hits. It was the errors that cost us this game. They used the same pitcher in the second game. After 11 innings, we still couldn't seem to get our bats going.

We had a stellar defensive game, even though we had three errors. This was a tremendous confidence- booster for the team. We didn't strike out too many and we did it with our gloves. The bats were there and the pitching is coming around.

We've had to battle for every single win we've had this year.

Randy Carlyle

We've had to battle back. Points are too important now and we've got to find a way to shake ourselves out of those doldrums early.

We've had to battle back from those kind of nights a lot this year.

We've had tight battles with virtually every time we've played them. It was a playoff-type hockey game tonight.

We've had three overtime games this year, and we've lost them all, and in every one, we've gotten down right off the bat and that's something we have to work on.

We've had a lot of games this year that we had no chance to win, so you can't lose games like this where you battle and scrape.

We've grown up a lot and we're battle tested in some tough environments and games. We'll take the good of the regular season and get ready for the playoffs.

Joe Gibbs

We've had some big battles that I've been a part of in the first go-around,

Jeff Davis

We've had some battles with Turpin over the years. It's so much fun. It's exciting to coach in. It's fun for the parents to watch. I think it's a really good thing.

We've got a few guys who are swinging the bats really well. Hopefully, the hitting becomes contagious. We'd like to see some more guys contribute offensively.

Pacman Jones

We've got a battling thing going on and that is what great players do. He is getting me better and I am getting him better.

B. F. Skinner

We all went into the bathroom and the pressure dropped immediately. I could feel it in my ears. After about two minutes the ceiling fell and the lights went out.

We all want the Serbia game to come along. Everyone knows we are playing for a place in the World Cup and we will battle to get it.

David Lynch

We're taking our experience with Delphi and working with these materials to make batteries perform better than we've ever seen. Who would have thought?

We're swinging the bats really well and starting to build some confidence. We're still trying to find guys that fit roles.

We're swinging the bats pretty good right now.

We're swinging the bats extremely well. From one through nine in the order, the players are taking good hacks.

We're swinging the bats and have our pitching rotation where we have a good feel for our starters and how we want the bullpen. I feel like we're right on schedule.

We're swinging that bat big now and we're playing the way we are supposed to be playing. This is a good group of guys and I expect us to do big things as we go on.

Bobby Crosby

Tonight it was one rough inning. Besides that, we looked good and we swung the bats well. I don't think (dropping series openers) is a trend. I hope it's not.

UPS is always a great battle for us. It's always a close, intense game. We've been looking forward to it for the last few weeks.