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CASEY FOSSUM He was around the plate, curve ball was working good ... kept them off. He had one bad pitch I can t...
SKIP CARR I just struggled the whole night against Kazmir and was finally able to put the ball in play. It's g...
RUSS ADAMS I was looking for that pitch, a fastball. I didn't try to do much. I just tried to hit the ball.
CLAUDIO VARGAS I just kept the ball down on the ground and made good pitches. I was getting behind on counts, but I...
AARON HARANG It was good to win the game, no matter who hits (the game-winner). I was just looking for a good pit...
DALLAS MCPHERSON I got behind a couple guys and I made some high pitches. I've got to do a better job keeping the bal...
BRAD HENNESSEY I don't know why, but it seemed like we came out flat. We thought we had a good game plan coming in,...
ERVIN BRYSON![]()
My whole concentration on the game is affected by a pitch that got away. You know, that looks so ter...
TONY LA RUSSA I was just trying to come up with some way to get another run for us, put us ahead. It was a slider....
MARQUEZ SMITH The umpire was a little uncomfortable with me. I just didn't pay attention to it. The pitch was insi...
WANDY RODRIGUEZ It seemed like he just put the bat on the ball, ... It was a good pitch. Usually when I give up home...
JAVIER VAZQUEZ In those first two at-bats, I was just looking for a pitch to drive. I felt like I was in a zone, li...
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STACEY HANBURRY![]()
I had some shots that I felt like I should've made; I just didn't make them. I'm not going to shoot ...
KOBE BRYANT The ball was seaming around and it was a good pitch to bowl on. I am very happy with my achievement.
IRFAN PATHAN Ike was open. I had to hold the ball a little bit longer for him to clear. It was a blitz. I just ov...
BRIAN GRIESE He's had some tough luck against these guys, so it's good to see him come out and pitch the way he d...
AUSTIN KEARNS It was a pretty good pitch. I think [Jones] was looking for it. How he hit that ball -- yeah, I shou...
FREDDY GARCIA I got some good looks. I just couldn't knock them down.
BRIAN BENSON I don't think (the lineup) is as powerful as last year, so (I'm) just going to have to pitch them a ...
BRANDON BACKE I took the pitch because I thought it was a ball.
HIDEKI MATSUI I'll be thinking about it, but I want the ball again. I just got behind him and he was looking fastb...
JOSH HANCOCK I was ready to pitch my game once we started. The rain was the last thing on my mind. I had a good f...
JOSE CONTRERAS I thought we had some good shots and some pretty good ball movement last night, [but] we didn't knoc...
DAN TREBOUR I really think we did some good things tonight and the ball just didn't go in for us, and they did s...
DAVE BOYCE We did a good job of advancing runners and keeping the ball in play. It was tough. Their pitcher (Ho...
CHARLIE PULEO The guy came in with a 1-1 count that was a hard slider, and I hit it off my leg. I was thinking, ne...
ERIC KING I felt real good out there. I threw a lot of fastballs and the fastball was down. That's going to be...
HORACIO RAMIREZ It's just great to win a ball game after our many games of frustration. Our kids made some great def...
LEM ELWAY Guys were getting the ball to me, and I just knocked them down. It was definitely fun and exciting. ...
LANCE HARRIS For some reason, I just couldn't find my knees. The performance itself, if you skip the jumps, was g...
CRAIG BUNTIN I just picked them up and started playing every day for hours against the garage. I just couldn't st...
CLAUDIA HIRT We feel we have a good young arm going against those guys, and the only way you're going to beat pit...
MIKE SCIOSCIA It was a pretty good pitch for him. I just wanted to make contact there, and things happen, you know...
BOBBY ABREU He changed speeds, had a pretty good breaking ball and he wasn't afraid to pitch inside either. I th...
AARON BOONE It was like everything in Atlanta was brighter; the ball just looked so big I couldn't believe it. I...
JEFF FRANCOEUR I knew he was struggling a little bit. Against (Ryan) Wilkes, ahead of me, he was staying outside pr...
ANTONE DEJESUS After being out so long, I was more anxious to pitch than anything, just ready to get back into thin...
BOBBY BELL Really I wasn't looking for a particular pitch. Just up in the zone where I could get a fly ball. On...
BILLY HALL I made a good, quality pitch down and away and he hit it into the seats. I was confident in the pitc...
CHRIS CARPENTER I was getting them to hit the ball on the ground. Edwin picked me up, made about four or five good p...
AARON HARANG It was a tough pitch, but I just told myself to concentrate a little better and put the ball in play...
GERA ALVAREZ I felt great. It was just one bad pitch. I missed, it was right down the middle. He got his pitch, a...
JASON CHILDERS Against some teams, you just feel good. I think our team feels good against this team and when we se...
MARIAN HOSSA Coming off the day I had, I was just trying to relax and not do too much. With guys like (Josh) Rodr...
AARON LUNA I'm not into stats. Nine strikeouts is a plus, but the main thing is just to be back. My arm felt gr...
JASON BERKEN I knew I had a base open, so I was trying to get him to roll over on a pitch, or if I got two strike...
TOM GORDON I was doing a late-night round as a milkman in 1978 when I heard a radio DJ announce that he was lea...
ALAN DALE I think he was being pressured to pitch for his country. I think the pressure is what made this guy ...
JOE LONGO I think it's all a coincidence. I've pitched some poor games here and got a no-decision. But just gi...
JAMIE MOYER I was talking to Chipper [Jones] last night about how we've faced some pretty good pitchers and how ...
JEFF FRANCOEUR I just want to pitch a good game,
CURT SCHILLING Tonight, I thought we played well for four quarters. We just didn't have enough. Heritage is an unbe...
BRIAN BLUBAUGH He kept the ball down and it's tough to hit when he's keeping the ball down.
CHONE FIGGINS It's going to be a great challenging game for both teams. They are a great defensive team, but the r...
FLIP SAUNDERS I've had a lot of success against them. They're a great team, great defensively. It just seems the p...
DANNY IRMEN We're hitting good when there's nobody on base. But for some reason, we can't get the hits when we a...
ELBERT BENNETT It was a fastball because I wasn't going to walk in a run there. I was going to throw him a strike a...
BRIAN LAWRENCE I was just thankful for the opportunity that the sack by Greg created. I knew once I picked up the b...
WILL ALLEN We know they can hit the ball. Phillip (Watson) does a good job keeping you off balance. He actually...
JOE CARUSO Another tough win, ... The guys picked me up. They scored some runs tonight. Obviously, that was hug...
ANDY PETTITTE We have a lot of young kids that are going to pitch for us. We are preaching throw strikes and keepi...
DAVE BARROW![]()
Another club can be beating you for six innings but for some reason the good ball clubs get tough an...
BILLY MARTIN For some reason, I called for security when I picked up the money. Certainly, I wanted to see the mo...
CHARLES MEYER I had to fight for every point. I was just trying to have fun, even though I was down. I just had to...
EDINA GALLOVITS We want to pitch it, pitch it, pitch it. We don't want Adam carrying the ball because we have so man...
DAVE ADAMS It was tough (to rebound). I felt like I had arm jewelry on the whole night. But I just ripped the b...
LAUREN JURIC I thought that possession was one of our best of the night. The ball just bounced in a funny directi...
CHAD WINTZ I was confident I could throw that pitch for a strike. He froze on it. If I could drop that ball in ...
JEFF FRANCIS I take the blame for that. It was a poor decision by me. I should have taken the gain and been done ...
ANTWAAN RANDLE They had confidence in me shooting the ball. They kept giving me the ball, and I heard them telling ...
LUTHER HEAD I still wait for my pitch. I always try to hit a good pitch.
DREW STAMERJOHN For Josh, it'll be a test for him coming back for the first game, especially against a really good d...
AVERY JOHNSON I was just running as hard as I could, wanting to make them make a play, and the next thing you know...
DAVE ROBERTS I just kept playing. I'm not going to back down because I wasn't having a good night.
GUILLERMO DIAZ Chris picked his head, saw me, and chipped me a great ball. It was half the goal himself. The ball w...
HERCULEZ GOMEZ Just one bad pitch. I tip my hat to J.T. because he hit a good 3-2 changeup. But my slider was not w...
KRIS BENSON Gavin was outstanding, and he came back after having an off night in our loss against Nova Southeast...
DAVE BEZOLD My key all season is to keep the ball down. I know how to keep the ball down against these guys.
KRIS KORSGADEN I'm impressed with our team's effort. Josh is a powerful scorer. We tried to move the ball around an...
BEN SMITH It was nice to get started on the right foot. It's good to score runs early against a good ball club...
JASON SHIREY I thought it was a very cute song. I just picked them out because I liked them. I wasn't trying to m...
WANDA JACKSON I was scared. I think everyone on the team got scared just for a second. Josh hit some huge free thr...
SCOTT UBBENGA We've just got to play like we did last time against Southern Fulton and hope we get a few more brea...
DENNY POLLOCK It was a good game for us. We had a young pitcher on the mound and it was good to have him pitch aga...
AARON BENDER I couldn't seem to get any kind of rhythm, ... I just didn't really didn't have a good feel for bein...
KIP WELLS I just had an off night. The defense was keeping us in the game, and we just couldn't get anything g...
ADAM SCHULTZ He was just finding his feet. He was becoming our main man in midfield, keeping the ball for us and ...
STEVE MCCLAREN I thought we took care of the ball well against their pressure and got some good shots.
BLAIR MARTINEAU It was just a tough shooting night, but the effort was there. The ball just didn't drop for us.
BECKY RAWLINGS I don't think it was the press that was hurting us too much. We got the ball down the court with ver...
CATHY RALSTON It gave us a rush and our momentum picked up, but we slowed down for a couple minutes and they retal...
LAUREN ROBIDEAU Ever since I picked up a bat and ball when I was little, I loved it.
KALIN DREYER I was confident I could throw that pitch for a strike. He froze on it. If I can drop that ball in th...
JEFF FRANCIS![]()
Two of my favorite artists are Josh Smith and Joe Bradley. But I argued against them for years, unti...
LEO FITZPATRICK It was a good apple too. A good apple, picked by a madman on a full moon night.
STEVEN HERRICK John does a pretty good job of keeping his composure. One thing I said to him at the beginning of th...
CHUCK ROMIG Some nights it was bumper to bumper. You could just see them coming down the highway. We knew we wou...
DENNA JOHNSON We hit the ball hard all night long, and I'm very pleased with our performance. [Menendez] has good ...
BOBBY DIEZ
CASEY FOSSUM He was around the plate, curve ball was working good ... kept them off. He had one bad pitch I can t...
SKIP CARR I just struggled the whole night against Kazmir and was finally able to put the ball in play. It's g...
RUSS ADAMS I was looking for that pitch, a fastball. I didn't try to do much. I just tried to hit the ball.
CLAUDIO VARGAS I just kept the ball down on the ground and made good pitches. I was getting behind on counts, but I...
AARON HARANG It was good to win the game, no matter who hits (the game-winner). I was just looking for a good pit...
DALLAS MCPHERSON I got behind a couple guys and I made some high pitches. I've got to do a better job keeping the bal...
BRAD HENNESSEY I don't know why, but it seemed like we came out flat. We thought we had a good game plan coming in,...
ERVIN BRYSON
My whole concentration on the game is affected by a pitch that got away. You know, that looks so ter... TONY LA RUSSA I was just trying to come up with some way to get another run for us, put us ahead. It was a slider....
MARQUEZ SMITH The umpire was a little uncomfortable with me. I just didn't pay attention to it. The pitch was insi...
WANDY RODRIGUEZ It seemed like he just put the bat on the ball, ... It was a good pitch. Usually when I give up home...
JAVIER VAZQUEZ In those first two at-bats, I was just looking for a pitch to drive. I felt like I was in a zone, li...
BEN SAYLOR Yeah, it was a pretty good night for me. And I got to keep the game ball.
STACEY HANBURRY
I had some shots that I felt like I should've made; I just didn't make them. I'm not going to shoot ... KOBE BRYANT The ball was seaming around and it was a good pitch to bowl on. I am very happy with my achievement.
IRFAN PATHAN Ike was open. I had to hold the ball a little bit longer for him to clear. It was a blitz. I just ov...
BRIAN GRIESE He's had some tough luck against these guys, so it's good to see him come out and pitch the way he d...
AUSTIN KEARNS It was a pretty good pitch. I think [Jones] was looking for it. How he hit that ball -- yeah, I shou...
FREDDY GARCIA I got some good looks. I just couldn't knock them down.
BRIAN BENSON I don't think (the lineup) is as powerful as last year, so (I'm) just going to have to pitch them a ...
BRANDON BACKE I took the pitch because I thought it was a ball.
HIDEKI MATSUI I'll be thinking about it, but I want the ball again. I just got behind him and he was looking fastb...
JOSH HANCOCK I was ready to pitch my game once we started. The rain was the last thing on my mind. I had a good f...
JOSE CONTRERAS I thought we had some good shots and some pretty good ball movement last night, [but] we didn't knoc...
DAN TREBOUR I really think we did some good things tonight and the ball just didn't go in for us, and they did s...
DAVE BOYCE We did a good job of advancing runners and keeping the ball in play. It was tough. Their pitcher (Ho...
CHARLIE PULEO The guy came in with a 1-1 count that was a hard slider, and I hit it off my leg. I was thinking, ne...
ERIC KING I felt real good out there. I threw a lot of fastballs and the fastball was down. That's going to be...
HORACIO RAMIREZ It's just great to win a ball game after our many games of frustration. Our kids made some great def...
LEM ELWAY Guys were getting the ball to me, and I just knocked them down. It was definitely fun and exciting. ...
LANCE HARRIS For some reason, I just couldn't find my knees. The performance itself, if you skip the jumps, was g...
CRAIG BUNTIN I just picked them up and started playing every day for hours against the garage. I just couldn't st...
CLAUDIA HIRT We feel we have a good young arm going against those guys, and the only way you're going to beat pit...
MIKE SCIOSCIA It was a pretty good pitch for him. I just wanted to make contact there, and things happen, you know...
BOBBY ABREU He changed speeds, had a pretty good breaking ball and he wasn't afraid to pitch inside either. I th...
AARON BOONE It was like everything in Atlanta was brighter; the ball just looked so big I couldn't believe it. I...
JEFF FRANCOEUR I knew he was struggling a little bit. Against (Ryan) Wilkes, ahead of me, he was staying outside pr...
ANTONE DEJESUS After being out so long, I was more anxious to pitch than anything, just ready to get back into thin...
BOBBY BELL Really I wasn't looking for a particular pitch. Just up in the zone where I could get a fly ball. On...
BILLY HALL I made a good, quality pitch down and away and he hit it into the seats. I was confident in the pitc...
CHRIS CARPENTER I was getting them to hit the ball on the ground. Edwin picked me up, made about four or five good p...
AARON HARANG It was a tough pitch, but I just told myself to concentrate a little better and put the ball in play...
GERA ALVAREZ I felt great. It was just one bad pitch. I missed, it was right down the middle. He got his pitch, a...
JASON CHILDERS Against some teams, you just feel good. I think our team feels good against this team and when we se...
MARIAN HOSSA Coming off the day I had, I was just trying to relax and not do too much. With guys like (Josh) Rodr...
AARON LUNA I'm not into stats. Nine strikeouts is a plus, but the main thing is just to be back. My arm felt gr...
JASON BERKEN I knew I had a base open, so I was trying to get him to roll over on a pitch, or if I got two strike...
TOM GORDON I was doing a late-night round as a milkman in 1978 when I heard a radio DJ announce that he was lea...
ALAN DALE I think he was being pressured to pitch for his country. I think the pressure is what made this guy ...
JOE LONGO I think it's all a coincidence. I've pitched some poor games here and got a no-decision. But just gi...
JAMIE MOYER I was talking to Chipper [Jones] last night about how we've faced some pretty good pitchers and how ...
JEFF FRANCOEUR I just want to pitch a good game,
CURT SCHILLING Tonight, I thought we played well for four quarters. We just didn't have enough. Heritage is an unbe...
BRIAN BLUBAUGH He kept the ball down and it's tough to hit when he's keeping the ball down.
CHONE FIGGINS It's going to be a great challenging game for both teams. They are a great defensive team, but the r...
FLIP SAUNDERS I've had a lot of success against them. They're a great team, great defensively. It just seems the p...
DANNY IRMEN We're hitting good when there's nobody on base. But for some reason, we can't get the hits when we a...
ELBERT BENNETT It was a fastball because I wasn't going to walk in a run there. I was going to throw him a strike a...
BRIAN LAWRENCE I was just thankful for the opportunity that the sack by Greg created. I knew once I picked up the b...
WILL ALLEN We know they can hit the ball. Phillip (Watson) does a good job keeping you off balance. He actually...
JOE CARUSO Another tough win, ... The guys picked me up. They scored some runs tonight. Obviously, that was hug...
ANDY PETTITTE We have a lot of young kids that are going to pitch for us. We are preaching throw strikes and keepi...
DAVE BARROW
Another club can be beating you for six innings but for some reason the good ball clubs get tough an... BILLY MARTIN For some reason, I called for security when I picked up the money. Certainly, I wanted to see the mo...
CHARLES MEYER I had to fight for every point. I was just trying to have fun, even though I was down. I just had to...
EDINA GALLOVITS We want to pitch it, pitch it, pitch it. We don't want Adam carrying the ball because we have so man...
DAVE ADAMS It was tough (to rebound). I felt like I had arm jewelry on the whole night. But I just ripped the b...
LAUREN JURIC I thought that possession was one of our best of the night. The ball just bounced in a funny directi...
CHAD WINTZ I was confident I could throw that pitch for a strike. He froze on it. If I could drop that ball in ...
JEFF FRANCIS I take the blame for that. It was a poor decision by me. I should have taken the gain and been done ...
ANTWAAN RANDLE They had confidence in me shooting the ball. They kept giving me the ball, and I heard them telling ...
LUTHER HEAD I still wait for my pitch. I always try to hit a good pitch.
DREW STAMERJOHN For Josh, it'll be a test for him coming back for the first game, especially against a really good d...
AVERY JOHNSON I was just running as hard as I could, wanting to make them make a play, and the next thing you know...
DAVE ROBERTS I just kept playing. I'm not going to back down because I wasn't having a good night.
GUILLERMO DIAZ Chris picked his head, saw me, and chipped me a great ball. It was half the goal himself. The ball w...
HERCULEZ GOMEZ Just one bad pitch. I tip my hat to J.T. because he hit a good 3-2 changeup. But my slider was not w...
KRIS BENSON Gavin was outstanding, and he came back after having an off night in our loss against Nova Southeast...
DAVE BEZOLD My key all season is to keep the ball down. I know how to keep the ball down against these guys.
KRIS KORSGADEN I'm impressed with our team's effort. Josh is a powerful scorer. We tried to move the ball around an...
BEN SMITH It was nice to get started on the right foot. It's good to score runs early against a good ball club...
JASON SHIREY I thought it was a very cute song. I just picked them out because I liked them. I wasn't trying to m...
WANDA JACKSON I was scared. I think everyone on the team got scared just for a second. Josh hit some huge free thr...
SCOTT UBBENGA We've just got to play like we did last time against Southern Fulton and hope we get a few more brea...
DENNY POLLOCK It was a good game for us. We had a young pitcher on the mound and it was good to have him pitch aga...
AARON BENDER I couldn't seem to get any kind of rhythm, ... I just didn't really didn't have a good feel for bein...
KIP WELLS I just had an off night. The defense was keeping us in the game, and we just couldn't get anything g...
ADAM SCHULTZ He was just finding his feet. He was becoming our main man in midfield, keeping the ball for us and ...
STEVE MCCLAREN I thought we took care of the ball well against their pressure and got some good shots.
BLAIR MARTINEAU It was just a tough shooting night, but the effort was there. The ball just didn't drop for us.
BECKY RAWLINGS I don't think it was the press that was hurting us too much. We got the ball down the court with ver...
CATHY RALSTON It gave us a rush and our momentum picked up, but we slowed down for a couple minutes and they retal...
LAUREN ROBIDEAU Ever since I picked up a bat and ball when I was little, I loved it.
KALIN DREYER I was confident I could throw that pitch for a strike. He froze on it. If I can drop that ball in th...
JEFF FRANCIS
Two of my favorite artists are Josh Smith and Joe Bradley. But I argued against them for years, unti... LEO FITZPATRICK It was a good apple too. A good apple, picked by a madman on a full moon night.
STEVEN HERRICK John does a pretty good job of keeping his composure. One thing I said to him at the beginning of th...
CHUCK ROMIG Some nights it was bumper to bumper. You could just see them coming down the highway. We knew we wou...
DENNA JOHNSON We hit the ball hard all night long, and I'm very pleased with our performance. [Menendez] has good ...
BOBBY DIEZ
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