Famous Quotes & Sayings

Clint Hurdle

We haven't been sharp. Off the mound, defensively, there are things we should have done better. We didn't make good pitches out of the bullpen when we got close. The offense rallied late, and hopefully that'll give us some momentum going into (today).

Bartolo Colon

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

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.

Marks was really special. I thought he was the key. Those three zeroes gave us a chance to get to their bullpen a little bit. I thought that was the difference in the game.

John Flaherty

You can catch him in the bullpen all you want, but until you get into a live situation with runners on base, it takes on a life of its own. It's one of those things we've been saying all spring -- the more you get back there, hopefully the more comfortable you'll be. Today didn't go the way I wanted it to. I look forward to the next one.

We're not going to take any chances. He can do a lot of things right now. Gil was able to throw a bullpen at about 70 percent and felt OK. That's a good sign.

Willie Randolph

We're going to keep him in the bullpen. I like the way the bullpen looks right now.

Usually bullpen guys are cut from the same mould. They're laid back, they don't take things too freaking personal, so it's a good group. I knew it was a good group coming in and it was a group I wanted to be a part of.

We have to get a quality start out of Tabor. Our bullpen has worked hard and we need to get five or six innings out of him and only give up two or three runs.

Bruce Bochy

We're in pretty good shape, everywhere from the bullpen to the position players. This is how you want to be at this stage.

Mark Shapiro

Worry and bullpen are always in the same sentence for me. He'll be a welcome sight for us up here at this point.

John Schuerholz

We felt it was important to strengthen our bullpen with some talented, more established arms. And we were able do that with Cruz and Reitsma.

Derek Jeter

Their bullpen is pretty good. Any guy they throw out there doesn't put you in an ideal situation as a hitter.

Their first two (starting pitchers) are pretty darn good. The thing that we're seeing is that the depth of their pitching staff might not be as strong. We need to try to get into their bullpen and do some damage.

These two pitchers have really solidified our bullpen the last few years. They have continually responded to late-inning pressure situations.

Jermaine Dye

I knew our starting pitchers and bullpen had the capability to go out there and shut teams down. I knew with our offense we were good. From the start of spring training everyone was hungry, everybody's pulling on the same rope.

I knew coming up here my role was that they put me where they need to. If that's in the bullpen or starting every 15 days or whatever, that's fine with me. The only thing I try to focus on is making sure I'm where I need to be when they put me out there.

I'm really excited about the way my teammates picked me up tonight. The bullpen and our offense overcame my poor start and I'll be able to sleep tonight because of that.

I keep preaching to the guys it's how you end the game that matters the most. Our bullpen really stepped up and did their job to preserve this one for us.

Dusty Baker

It was a great comeback victory after we gave them those two runs. 'Z' pitched outstanding. Our bullpen did a great job.

It was a confidence booster for all of us (with the starter role). Had we not had the need in the bullpen (last season) he would have stayed in the rotation.

Dirk Koetter

I know Loren can play if he can get healthy. He's like a pitcher on a pitch count right now. He's on a knee count. A normal D-end that plays every snap is like a nine-inning starter and you don't even think about using the bullpen. Right now we'd have to go to the bullpen a lot on Loren.

Frank Robinson

I just felt like it's better for him to stay in his regular turn, and that way everybody else stays in their regular turn. Ramon can go down to the bullpen and help us out there if needed until his turn comes up again.

Steve Parris

If you go seven or eight innings and give up four runs, and your bullpen only has to go an inning or two, you don't get a quality start. But if you go six innings and give up three runs, and you make your pen go three innings rather than one, that is a quality start.

He's out there competing for a job. He had really put together some solid bullpen performances, and tonight he earned his start.

He?s ready for New York. He had the same stuff I saw in the bullpen in New York.

I'm not worried about our bullpen at all. Those guys down there are proven and they'll be fine.

Willie Randolph

I like the way our bullpen is shaping up right now. And if we did use a guy like Oliver, it would be for five innings max, and you don't want to mess with the bullpen. So it probably will be someone from Triple-A.

Aaron Heilman

I'll go to the bullpen and give it my best. They thought that's where I would be most valuable and hopefully I can go down there and continue to contribute the way that I had last year.

Buck Showalter

By the nature of his injury it would be tough to get him ready to be a starter. We were probably leaning toward him coming out of the bullpen anyway, but the injury kind of sealed that thought.

Ian pitched his heart out tonight and really deserved for something good to come out of this start. Unfortunately, our bullpen could not shut Evansville down and we lost another game late due to a big inning.

But the bullpen did a great job and my teammates helped me out.