Tony Russa
Tony Russa
four guys handling job last lost overall played playing terrific three took year
If you look at last year, we had Scott playing and he had some really big hits, but overall he was really banged up, he wasn't the same the last two months, ... This year we lost four regulars, three of them are boppers, and the guys that took their place did a terrific job of handling the bat, so we played a little different game.
ahead guys key knowing miss pull stretch
If you could look ahead knowing those key guys would miss so much time, you'd really stretch to think you could pull it off.
against ahead almost ball break caught clubs eighth either fooled good key location matt missed pitch ray three throw trying twice
In the eighth inning, we missed our location three times, twice when we were ahead in the count. We almost caught a break -- Cabrera's ball was tagged, but it fooled Walker. That would have been an important break to catch. Matt got the ball up with a 1-2 count, and the pitch that Delgado tripled on wasn't where Ray was trying to throw it. Against good clubs in key situations, either you do or you don't, and if you don't, you get penalized most of the time.
affecting difficult pitch shown situations
He's shown that he can pitch in difficult situations without it affecting him.
believes bothers classic game says separate wants
He's searching. He wants to hit. He believes he can hit. It bothers him when he doesn't hit. But he can separate the game in a classic way, and that says a lot about him.
gets needs push sore
He's sore, got some sore areas. The idea is not to push him. We'll see how he feels. If he needs (rest), he gets it.
agency changing free makeup routine
Changing the makeup of your club, that's just routine with free agency and stuff.
division reason separate win
But you separate it because it's not the most important thing, just the hardest. The reason you want to win the division is so you can play in October, get to and win the World Series. That's a different kind of challenge.
best capable chances five game hat
He pitched the game he was capable of, but we actually had three, four, five chances with some of our best RBI guys, and he made pitches, ... So take your hat off to him. He pitched very well. We had our chances.
game pitcher pitching
He pitched outstanding, and as long as this game is played, when a pitcher out there is pitching that way, you're not going to do much.
against anybody ball club disrespect either greater hitter innings last league nine nobody offensive pitch run terrific tough
He pitched nine innings against a tough offensive club -- that's dominating. He had a 2-0 pitch to a terrific hitter and he hit the ball out of the state. But that's the last run they got. That's outstanding pitching. No disrespect to anybody in either league who's doing great, but there's nobody greater than Chris. He's clutch.
accept refuse says
I categorically refuse to accept anything that Jose says about Mark.
teammate took
He took it like a pro. He's a teammate isn't he? It's not the same, but he went out and competed the same.
league major pitches three throws
He throws strikes, has three pitches -- and his three pitches are major league caliber.