It has been a frustrating season for everyone, ... It is hard to believe that we are out of it this year (after winning the division) last year.

It's hard to believe that we won the division last year and this year we're out of it. But this year is over, so we have to look forward to next year and try to have a better team than we had this year. It's frustrating to know you have three games left and then you go home.

Strike one, strike two. Good location - hitting spots. If you throw strikes, guys have to swing. That's what happened.

For us, it's big. Because it's like the World Cup. It's like a Super Bowl. It's crazy.

Playing the way we were playing, I didn't have the desire to come to the ballpark. This year, from what I see from the beginning of spring training, the chemistry is different.

[The Dodgers are not out of this thing by any measure. This was only Game 1, after all, in this best-of-five NLDS. After a day off, the teams play again Thursday night at Busch Stadium before heading to L.A. for Game 3 on Saturday.] We lost the game, ... We haven't lost the series.