The fan is the one who suffers. He cheers a guy to a .350 season then watches that player sign with another team. When you destroy fan loyalties, you destroy everything.

We are the only team to start the season with 21 losses, so we are not going to be off the hook,

It seems like every team has a guy that is fortunate that the team scores for (him), and there's that hard-luck guy they don't score for.

It had the atmosphere of a regular season game.

I haven't seen a player in this game, as long as I've been in it, that can't be pitched to, ... Barry is an outstanding ballplayer. I respect him an awful lot. I also have confidence in my pitchers that they can pitch to Barry Bonds and get him out.

They see the finish line and they don't want the season to slip away. They want to finish above .500. They have pride.