Famous Quotes & Sayings

Felipe Alou

Our starting pitching wasn't what we thought. (Jason) Schmidt started opening day. Kirk Rueter was the second day. Then (Brett) Tomko, then Lowry. Then the whole picture changed. Rueter's not even here now. Tomko is in the bullpen twice. Lowry is our No. 2, and we don't have a No. 3. We have three children we could throw in any order.

Bruce Bochy

Our bullpen struggled. That was the difference in the game.

Mike Scioscia

Our bullpen stepped up in a big way. We were fortunate to get out of the sixth inning with no damage. Whether we won or lost today is not going to matter in the long run, but with the win today we can carry our momentum forward into the next games.

Dave Roberts

Our bullpen obviously is the strongest part of our team. I like our chances, I really do. If we can get to the bullpen ...

Ron Gardenhire

Our bullpen looks like they need to be in those situations a little more, and hopefully we'll get them in there.

Our bullpen let us down a little bit, but we fought back and scored some runs.

Alan Trammell

Our bullpen just didn't do the job. Yesterday, they were great.

Jose Bautista

Our bullpen is very solid. If we have the lead going into the sixth or seventh inning, we feel real good about our chances to win the game. Our relief pitchers have been pitching very well and we hope that continues throughout the rest of the season.

Our bullpen is still up in the air. We have to batten down the hatches a little bit.

Brad Ausmus

Our bullpen is definitely deeper (than last year). Guys like Chad Qualls and Dan Wheeler were kind of feeling out what roles they would have, but they established early in the season that they would be legitimate late-inning guys.

Brad Ausmus

Our bullpen is definitely deeper (than last year), ... Guys like Chad Qualls and Dan Wheeler were kind of feeling out what roles they would have, but they established early in the season that they would be legitimate late-inning guys.

Our bullpen has thrown outstanding all year and unfortunately they picked two days not to throw well. We can't do all that work and then lose in the last inning. We've got to play for 27 outs.

John Gibbons

Our bullpen has been very good all year but those guys are tired right now. Everybody's tired.

Roy Halladay

Our bullpen has been unbelievable. It's a big difference from where we were. I'm able to come out after five innings and the pen picks me up with four innings.

Bobby Cox

Our bullpen has been so good lately. It's on a roll right now.

Joe Girardi

Our bullpen has been pretty good, but tonight we failed Vargas.

Jeff Nelson

Our bullpen has been one this team's strong points, but we've struggled of late. The last couple of weeks, we've really struggled. With the guys we have down there, we expect to hold late leads.

Our bullpen has been great. We've been pounding the strike zone.

Bobby Cox

Our bullpen glued it together really well. I thought we played a great game with our defense, pitching and offense. It's good to win the home opener.

Our bullpen doesn't worry about who gets a save. They just come out and do the job.

Dusty Baker

Our bullpen did a great job, and we dodged some bullets,

Mike Scioscia

Our bullpen came through. Kelvim shined the whole night. Kelvim made some big pitches and gave us a big lift.

Bronson Arroyo

My role, because I'm versatile, it can change, and it still could, ... Even if I run off four more victories, I could be in the bullpen for the entire playoffs. I'm just happy to be a part of the roster of the Red Sox and be solid on this team.

John Gibbons

Look at his arm, his age. He's got a chance to be a very good starter. I don't think we're even considering the bullpen right now. He's got too much going for him the other way.

Ian Snell

I was just trying to keep my team in the game. I wanted to throw five, at least, and get the game to the bullpen. I was hoping we could score some runs, so that the bullpen could do (its) job.

Craig Counsell

Javy did his job tonight, the bullpen did their job tonight. We couldn't get the hit with men in scoring position.

I think we're in good shape for the rest of this series, pitching-wise. I'm hoping I won't even have to use the bullpen tomorrow night (tonight) with (Grant) Dorn and Can (Oil Can Boyd) pitching for us.

Gary Matthews

I think the early bullpen injuries really threw us out of sync, ... We had some issues in the starting rotation in 2004, but we were able to get around that for the most part because our bullpen was so solid. But this year, we didn't have that same thing going for us.

Joe Torre

I think we have to change. We have to improve our bullpen somewhat and find someone to play center field.

Phil Garner

I thought Roy started tiring in the sixth, ... but he did the job he had to do. And the bullpen was perfect. Roy has had a couple of rough outings lately, but he was back in the groove tonight.

Bartolo Colon

I saw the effort (Friday) by the guys in the bullpen and I knew I needed to push myself a little more.

I was really happy with how our bullpen performed this weekend. We think there might be another guy somewhere in the dugout that can help us out also - we just need to find him. We are going to work some different combinations this week to try and work that out.

Octavio Dotel

I was really excited all week, because I knew I was going to throw a bullpen today. When I woke up today, I was really excited. I went through my 30 pitches and each one was perfect. I didn't feel anything to scare me. It was beautiful.