Sometimes, when you get a pitcher throwing as many pitches as that, with the next hitter, they try and stay in the strike zone more and not waste as many pitches, ... I guess that's what happened.

When I have two strikes, I feel free, ... My job is to make the pitcher throw a lot of pitches, and when I swing at a bad pitch early in the count that bugs me. Once I get to two strikes and I swing at a bad pitch, I don't mind it at all.

I'm getting pitches to hit and swinging. Once you get your pitch, keep swinging,

He's throwing three pitches instead of four pitches, but how he's throwing those three pitches isn't different from when he was starting.

I don't think I was anxious, ... I've always been a very aggressive hitter. When I make outs with pitches out of the strike zone, it's something I've done my whole career.

We know how good a pitcher Curt Schilling is. The opposing team is prepared to put good swings on him. When he's pitching like he did last Saturday, everybody knows he has it and teams are bringing their 'A' game.