Tony Russa
Tony Russa
against breakfast clutch feeding four games given good lift lunch straight sure talk whoever
Whoever is feeding him, I'm going to talk to Wendy (Sanders' wife) and make sure it's the same breakfast and lunch that he's been having. Because what a lift he's given us, four games straight games now. He's been so clutch against good pitching, really good pitching.
against face key last mentally pitching rough starts understand virtually
I think if you look at virtually every starter, we've had some rough starts here in the last two weeks, ... The big key is to get back on it mentally and understand that if we don't pitch, we don't win. Against the pitching we're going to face in postseason, we're not going to outscore people.
again beat game gets houston saturday
If we get beat (Friday) and Houston gets beat, we play again Saturday and after the game we celebrate.
against compete plan talk
We're just going to compete against him. There really is no secret. If we had a plan, we wouldn't talk about it. But there is no plan with him.
against care command edge guy pushes regular roger season starts umpire whoever
When you go against a guy like Greg Maddux or a Roger Clemens, I don't care if it's a regular season game, is a guy with that kind of command and if he starts getting an edge he pushes and pushes it so it's up to whoever the umpire is,
against pitch
When he makes pitches, he can pitch against anybody. When he doesn't, he's vulnerable.
against defend good guy pitch pitching win
There's a way to win when the other guy is pitching good against you. You've got to pitch and defend well against them. We didn't defend that well today, either.
against atlanta houston pitch san whether white
That's just the story of the postseason, ... Whether it was Atlanta against Houston or us against San Diego, or you take what the White Sox have done to (Vladimir) Guerrero and Garret Anderson, if you pitch really well, it's tough.
against last lose lost pitching score staff
You can't lose them the way we lost them. When you score one or two against a pitching staff that's last in the league. It's a mystery.
against couple earlier games happens middle second washington year
This is how he pitched earlier in the year. He just got into a funk. It happens to pitchers, it happens to hitters, it happens to defenders. And in the middle of that funk, he had a couple of games like this. Against Washington and today, this was the way he was earlier in the year. This is just his second year in the rotation; he's still learning.
again celebrate discussed gets last magic number october officially seem understand watching year
I think we understand we're officially in October baseball. But we discussed it last year and again this year. It just doesn't seem right to celebrate it when the magic number is one. You're watching the number go 10, 9, 8 ... and it gets to one so you celebrate? When it gets to zero, you celebrate. That's what we're going to do.
against break chance compete proves
I think it just proves he's human. I mean, he's really, really good, but if you compete against anybody, you have a chance to break through.
against clutch good
He's been so clutch against good pitching, really good pitching.
again couple definitely environment good himself nobody september sharper spring training weeks winning wins
He's been in good situations. Nobody wins by themselves, but he definitely contributes to a winning environment on and off the field. The first couple of weeks of September was like spring training all over again for him. Little by little, he got sharper and sharper, and now he's himself again.