Famous Quotes & Sayings

Randy Johnson

Everything's fine, everything's good. It's early in the year. I just (wanted to) take a little breather and let the bullpen come in. They did a nice job.

Tim Hudson

Everybody knows him as pretty easy going and a practical joker when he was a player. I think it will be a little more fun in the bullpen area. It's going to be about learning how to pitch and having fun while you're doing it, not so much walking on eggshells down there.

Some people have been struggling, and the bullpen hasn't been stellar. I still feel good about what this team can do, and if everything clicks for a while, we should be able to put on a good run.

One good thing about it is we're going back with experience on the mound and in the bullpen with Brandt Sanders. And our other guys will get to open at home.

The starters get you there, and then the bullpen determines the outcome. The majority of the games are very close. It seems like it doesn't matter how good your offense is.

The bullpen was the big key for us. They came in and did a great job when we needed it.

Livan Hernandez

The bullpen is great. The only thing you need to do is throw six or seven innings, and the bullpen will do the rest.

Willie Randolph

The bullpen is coming along. It's been pretty solid.

Mark Hendrickson

The bullpen did a good job, came in and settled things down. And we came away with another good victory.

Bob Wickman

The bullpen and starters have been strong all year. This series the hitters are picking us up.

Todd Helton

The bullpen and J.J. (Jason Jennings) got that win. We just found a way to win. If we're going to compete this year, that's the way we're going to have to win.

Adam Wainwright

As long as they say bullpen in St. Louis, then I'm all for it. I still think of myself as a starter. ... But this is a good change because it's giving me a big-league opportunity I wouldn't have had as a starter.

Joe Borowski

That was a big thing, knowing their bullpen was going to be very young that I would have a chance to pitch at the back end.

Kent Mercker

That's what we need to do. The bullpen hasn't done what it's supposed to do. We've got a couple of guys going well. But we need all seven guys to get rolling.

Todd Helton

That's how we've been winning - good defense and the bullpen doing a job, ... It didn't happen tonight.

Pat Gillick

We just felt this situation fit in the direction we wanted to go. We wanted to solidify the back end of the bullpen and we think Rhodes helps us do that.

Mike Butcher

The window is obviously getting smaller on him. The positive is he's a bullpen guy. He doesn't need to be stretched out.

Mike Butcher

The window is obviously getting smaller for him. The positive on it is that he's a bullpen guy and he doesn't need to be stretched out. He doesn't need to go out there and get 15 innings during spring training. We're getting close, though.

Cory Lidle

The way our bullpen has been used lately, we needed it, ... (The Reds' hitters) helped set the pace early. They were swinging early in counts.

Alex Rodriguez

These are the games we need to win. Good pitching, good defense and a great bullpen from Farnsworth and Mo.

I signed as a starter. I've been in the bullpen a long time. I can do anything. Whatever they want me to do, I'll do.

I've been in the bullpen a lot. Last year I started a couple of games and did pretty good. I can start, but I can do everything; I don't mind. Whatever they want me to do, I will do.

Gil Meche

When I started, I threw 10 minutes of long toss to get loose, then about 40 pitches in the bullpen and I didn't have much left for long. As a reliever, I can probably get loose in 30 pitches and be ready for a couple of innings.

Mike Mussina

With Jaret back, even though Small deserves to be in the rotation, he gives us a legitimate long guy. He makes our bullpen better, so if there's a situation where the bullpen needs to get four or five innings, we don't have to kill the 'pen. That's something we haven't had.

We felt as long as we could get to this guy and get to the bullpen we were okay. They are weak there.

We got some kids in the bullpen some good work in a tough situation. Maybe that will pay off down the road.

Bobby Cox

We hit the ball, caught the ball, we did everything right. The bullpen was outstanding. We just didn't get a good starting performance tonight.

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.

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.

That's representative of what our bullpen can do.

That gives him time to get some treatment and also throw in the bullpen prior to starting a game.