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Obviously we had a lot of walks in those middle innings. I still look at five runs after two and you...
NATHAN STEVENS We needed to figure out who needed to be playing, and when we figured that out, those guys have gott...
ART INABINET![]()
Hal talked about Scott's last two pinch-hitting appearances [before the homer] and the fact that he ...
TONY LA RUSSA He had seven at-bats against me? I'll say two hits, probably.
DAVE RIGHETTI We showed a lot of resilience. Braden Wells was huge at the plate with three quality at-bats and we ...
MIKE LITTLEWOOD I like our at-bats. We've had good at-bats against the good teams we've played, and we've had good a...
GLENN RUTENBAR I should not let anything like that frustrate me. I feel like I'm the caliber of player who can hit ...
HANK BLALOCK Ryan was on all day long. He squared up to the ball and that has been his problem this year. He had ...
MARK POLLARD Hitting at the top of the order is a good thing. You get more at-bats. I'm excited to see how this d...
CHASE UTLEY I wrote 'Airborn' after completing three books about bats. I loved my bats, but what a treat...
KENNETH OPPEL I've been getting consistent at-bats, which always helps, ... It's definitely helped me feel more co...
GREG DOBBS They had me a little shaky, ... But the guys told me, 'Coach, sit back and relax, we're going to win...
GEORGE PRINCE We're not playing pitter-patter at the plate any more. We talked to the team about how we were dead ...
TONY ROBICHAUX I don't see why not. At minimum, you're going to play four, five innings per game, so you're going t...
DERREK LEE Those three kids have swung consistent bats all spring and they came through with those doubles all ...
CHRIS ARNOLD He wasn't getting many at-bats, and he didn't have any prospects of getting more at-bats. We like hi...
MIKE HARGROVE With the unbalanced schedule, over a third of our at-bats are against these teams so it's important ...
MICHAEL YOUNG Our hitting is getting better. We had some very good at-bats and made some adjustments.
DAVE HEISE After my first two at bats, I had to make a little adjustment. He was throwing me nasty cutters and ...
DAMIAN MILLER Sometimes you get sick and tired of seeing the same things over and over for two weeks. I expect my ...
OZZIE GUILLEN Usually we're slow coming out of the gates with the bats. Today we came out swinging the bats early ...
JOE CARUSO Who's at the advantage? Either you haven't had to use as many pitchers, or you've gotten more inning...
KIRK FREDERICKS The first two or three plays he was in I was about ready to reach out and choke him. After the game,...
ROY WILLIAMS![]()
When we played the Dodgers in St. Louis, they had to come through our dugout, and our bat rack was r...
STAN MUSIAL I was mad I got in foul trouble the past two games. But my team had my back in those games. Coach to...
MARCEDES WALKER I met the team in Minnesota. I pinch-hit against Eddie Guardado and struck out. We came back home an...
MARK LORETTA He's doing very well. He's had good at bats. He's hitting the ball hard. He also is doing the job in...
DAVE PANO![]()
Just because you're down to your last strike, you're not out yet. You can always do more. You'll alw...
TONY LA RUSSA He's one of the top two power hitters we've ever had here. But the thing that is so unique about him...
BOB AMALIA For me to blame my season on injury, to me that's just an excuse. I still had 350 at-bats that I did...
COREY KOSKIE I remember at the beginning of the season I told coach I felt a lot of pressure, but she told me to ...
MADDIE HUMPHREY I had an opportunity to play in the World Series and actually play in a game and get meaningful at-b...
CHRIS WIDGER I worked on my hitting and my defense. I got help down there from the hitting coach and manager. The...
LUIS RIVAS He's really on a tear. He's seeing the ball well, and he's looking for good pitches. It's just a mat...
DALE CUTSFORTH I think the game was lost in the (third) when we gave up five runs, then two more in the fourth. I t...
LUIS ALICEA Trammell and (pitching coach Bob) Cluck told me after the third that they were going to take me out....
JASON JOHNSON It's essentially been our pitching. It allows our bats to relax and finally get going. We know our p...
DAVE LARSON I had two good swings (in the first four plate appearances), so I went back to the cage and worked w...
JIMMY ROLLINS We're still swinging the bats well. We're hitting the ball hard and getting hits at the right times.
DENNIS RINE We had a good start after the bats struggled in the first game.
DICK ADAMS What happens, happens. I wasn't trying anything special to hit home runs. In the first couple of at-...
BRAD MILLER We came out firing with the two home runs. Our bats kind of went quiet in the second, third, fourth ...
ERIC WEDEMEYER We were very opportunistic tonight offensively. We did a good job of battling in a few at bats and a...
TIM CORBIN![]()
Not at all. We saw what they did to [Andy] Pettitte and Houston in the second game of the season. At...
BEN JOHNSON Coach (Mike Hackett) told me I was going to get a three, and just to knock it down. I can't explain ...
JEFF MARINIER He's our No. 2 guy on the hill, and that's his job. But after this he might very well get some more ...
DEAN WELCH![]()
[Coming in, Jeter had only three hits in 21 at-bats against Harper, with only one RBI.] It doesn't m...
DEREK JETER If you only give up three runs in a game against the Yankees, I'll take my chances. We didn't swing ...
GREGG ZAUN Those first two innings were big opportunities to score a lot more than we did. Three (runs) in the ...
DAVE CLARK After we got going we played good defense and swung with out bats. We'll be ready for districts.
MEGAN BURDITT We had pitching in the first game, but the hitting wasn't there. We got the bats alive a little bit ...
MICHAEL ARENSDORFF At third, that's still a work in progress. That's what's great, every day I get to work at third, wo...
NOMAR GARCIAPARRA I know it's more important to get into games than see results. I got set back a little bit. I'm exci...
LOU MERLONI I'll be able to get some more at-bats. I'll make the most of them.
GARRETT JONES We have so many great scorers that I just got down low in rebounding position and luckily the ball b...
JEFF SCHAFER Hitting for the cycle is a great accomplishment for any batter. That was a pretty amazing thing to w...
EILEEN SCHMIDT After my tour I had time to stay at home, be with my boyfriend and hang out with friends and that br...
ADAM LAMBERT Our kids have been swinging the bats all year long. Five of them are hitting at least .500 and befor...
PAUL CROFT My first two at bats weren't that good, so I focused and tried to get in my groove again.
JOEL WELLS It scared me. They started hitting 3s and stuff and playing defense and got back in the game. When t...
JOSH BRIGHT Coach told me and Jamel that we had to be more aggressive in the second half. We were just more acti...
DUKE CREWS Before, (with) all the metal bats all you could hear was a ding. Now it's more of a solid-hitting fe...
KATIE IVANCICH![]()
I never blame myself when I'm not hitting. I just blame the bat, and if it keeps up, I change bats. ...
YOGI BERRA When we got the kids back at halftime, we told them, 'Take a breath and relax.' They were playing al...
DAVID JENNINGS I had a couple of good at-bats. But tonight it felt good, felt comfortable at the plate.
JOE MAUER![]()
Just because you're down to your last strike, you're not out yet. You can always do more. Yo...
TONY LA RUSSA We had to battle in that first game. We were down 10-2 but got the bats going. Everyone stepped up.
COLLEEN NAVE We were joking around. I told Brent he's not going to win more (titles) than me. But he pointed out ...
GARY WEISENSTEIN We'll get a lot of playing time. We could get four games in two days and possibly more than that. We...
KAREN KALHOEFER I had my first Major League at-bat off him in 1995. He struck me out. But I think that helped me out...
MARK LORETTA We had the punt team going in, so I had to go in and do my job there. When I came back after the pun...
JOE TERESHINSKI I'm not surprised at all. If you get good pitching, good defense and quality at-bats, not just batti...
DON SUTHERLAND It was one of those nights I was seeing it well, ... Maybe it had something to do with Jacque moving...
JOE MAUER The more at bats I get the more comfortable I feel. I don't feel like I'm behind. It feels like I've...
PEDRO FELIZ I'm lucky if I get two in a year, let alone in back-to-back at bats. It's all kind of overwhelming. ...
CHRIS SHELTON We talked about hitting the ball hard. We got our bats going in that second game. It was extremely i...
JENNY MEIROWSKY I had been playing for a while, and I asked Louisville Slugger to send me a dozen flame treated bats...
BOB UECKER The guys did a great job of battling and had some great at bats in that last inning. We didn't have ...
DAVID BEASLEY We had a good approach and swung the bats well early in the game. I was concerned in the eighth and ...
MIKE TRAPASSO We know we can hit a lot better than that. Coach Graham talks about [situational hitting] all the ti...
BRIAN FRIDAY Believe me, there's no sense of complacency in here at all. We're going out and giving it everything...
JOE RANDA We've had a plan to win five games after the season was over, and we've got two. So we're just looki...
LUIS RIVERA Our offense has really come around. We're swinging the bats well and getting good at-bats. When we g...
BOBBY PIERCE Occasionally, a young catcher is born with a backup's soul. Bob Montgomery was on the Red Sox op...
STEPHEN RODRICK I'm feeling pretty good at the plate. I just wish it would have come in a win. I had quality at-bats...
JOE MCEWING We swung the bats extremely well and had great defensive plays.
JASON MACKEY Last year was a fluke. I spent this summer in the (Cape Cod) wood bat league which is more of a pitc...
JAKE DUGGER The Worcester coach called in Pat and told him to take a look at this gobby bugger he'd be playing a...
ALEX SANDERSON Everett made some adjustments during Spring Training. He's got a much better approach at the plate, ...
MORGAN ENSBERG 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 As far as starts-wise, probably not. At-bats-wise? Yeah, I got playing time.
JEFF KEPPINGER![]()
I think I had the smallest handle around. When I got my bats, I even trimmed them down. I used to sc...
STAN MUSIAL I had two at-bats against him and saw balls right over the plate. I hit them right at the end of the...
ALBERTO CONCEPCION It helped out a lot. I got to play with guys throughout the country that play on other college baseb...
BERNARD ROBERT We had a coach who was with Albert at every level Albert went. He was Albert's babysitter, for lack ...
MIKE HARGROVE![]()
Someone told me at halftime I had five assists, but I just laughed at it. The win's more important.
JAMES AUGUSTINE![]()
He's swung the bat real well. I watch the at-bats more than I do the results of the at-bats. It's to...
JOE TORRE He was signed as a natural third baseman, ... He's a switch-hitter, I've seen him take some good at-...
JIM TRACY I don't know how many at-bats I'd have, but it would be more than I have now. We had so many guys at...
HOWIE CLARK![]()
I never blame myself when I'm not hitting. I just blame the bat and if it keeps up, I change bat...
YOGI BERRA
NATHAN STEVENS We needed to figure out who needed to be playing, and when we figured that out, those guys have gott...
ART INABINET
Hal talked about Scott's last two pinch-hitting appearances [before the homer] and the fact that he ... TONY LA RUSSA He had seven at-bats against me? I'll say two hits, probably.
DAVE RIGHETTI We showed a lot of resilience. Braden Wells was huge at the plate with three quality at-bats and we ...
MIKE LITTLEWOOD I like our at-bats. We've had good at-bats against the good teams we've played, and we've had good a...
GLENN RUTENBAR I should not let anything like that frustrate me. I feel like I'm the caliber of player who can hit ...
HANK BLALOCK Ryan was on all day long. He squared up to the ball and that has been his problem this year. He had ...
MARK POLLARD Hitting at the top of the order is a good thing. You get more at-bats. I'm excited to see how this d...
CHASE UTLEY I wrote 'Airborn' after completing three books about bats. I loved my bats, but what a treat...
KENNETH OPPEL I've been getting consistent at-bats, which always helps, ... It's definitely helped me feel more co...
GREG DOBBS They had me a little shaky, ... But the guys told me, 'Coach, sit back and relax, we're going to win...
GEORGE PRINCE We're not playing pitter-patter at the plate any more. We talked to the team about how we were dead ...
TONY ROBICHAUX I don't see why not. At minimum, you're going to play four, five innings per game, so you're going t...
DERREK LEE Those three kids have swung consistent bats all spring and they came through with those doubles all ...
CHRIS ARNOLD He wasn't getting many at-bats, and he didn't have any prospects of getting more at-bats. We like hi...
MIKE HARGROVE With the unbalanced schedule, over a third of our at-bats are against these teams so it's important ...
MICHAEL YOUNG Our hitting is getting better. We had some very good at-bats and made some adjustments.
DAVE HEISE After my first two at bats, I had to make a little adjustment. He was throwing me nasty cutters and ...
DAMIAN MILLER Sometimes you get sick and tired of seeing the same things over and over for two weeks. I expect my ...
OZZIE GUILLEN Usually we're slow coming out of the gates with the bats. Today we came out swinging the bats early ...
JOE CARUSO Who's at the advantage? Either you haven't had to use as many pitchers, or you've gotten more inning...
KIRK FREDERICKS The first two or three plays he was in I was about ready to reach out and choke him. After the game,...
ROY WILLIAMS
When we played the Dodgers in St. Louis, they had to come through our dugout, and our bat rack was r... STAN MUSIAL I was mad I got in foul trouble the past two games. But my team had my back in those games. Coach to...
MARCEDES WALKER I met the team in Minnesota. I pinch-hit against Eddie Guardado and struck out. We came back home an...
MARK LORETTA He's doing very well. He's had good at bats. He's hitting the ball hard. He also is doing the job in...
DAVE PANO
Just because you're down to your last strike, you're not out yet. You can always do more. You'll alw... TONY LA RUSSA He's one of the top two power hitters we've ever had here. But the thing that is so unique about him...
BOB AMALIA For me to blame my season on injury, to me that's just an excuse. I still had 350 at-bats that I did...
COREY KOSKIE I remember at the beginning of the season I told coach I felt a lot of pressure, but she told me to ...
MADDIE HUMPHREY I had an opportunity to play in the World Series and actually play in a game and get meaningful at-b...
CHRIS WIDGER I worked on my hitting and my defense. I got help down there from the hitting coach and manager. The...
LUIS RIVAS He's really on a tear. He's seeing the ball well, and he's looking for good pitches. It's just a mat...
DALE CUTSFORTH I think the game was lost in the (third) when we gave up five runs, then two more in the fourth. I t...
LUIS ALICEA Trammell and (pitching coach Bob) Cluck told me after the third that they were going to take me out....
JASON JOHNSON It's essentially been our pitching. It allows our bats to relax and finally get going. We know our p...
DAVE LARSON I had two good swings (in the first four plate appearances), so I went back to the cage and worked w...
JIMMY ROLLINS We're still swinging the bats well. We're hitting the ball hard and getting hits at the right times.
DENNIS RINE We had a good start after the bats struggled in the first game.
DICK ADAMS What happens, happens. I wasn't trying anything special to hit home runs. In the first couple of at-...
BRAD MILLER We came out firing with the two home runs. Our bats kind of went quiet in the second, third, fourth ...
ERIC WEDEMEYER We were very opportunistic tonight offensively. We did a good job of battling in a few at bats and a...
TIM CORBIN
Not at all. We saw what they did to [Andy] Pettitte and Houston in the second game of the season. At... BEN JOHNSON Coach (Mike Hackett) told me I was going to get a three, and just to knock it down. I can't explain ...
JEFF MARINIER He's our No. 2 guy on the hill, and that's his job. But after this he might very well get some more ...
DEAN WELCH
[Coming in, Jeter had only three hits in 21 at-bats against Harper, with only one RBI.] It doesn't m... DEREK JETER If you only give up three runs in a game against the Yankees, I'll take my chances. We didn't swing ...
GREGG ZAUN Those first two innings were big opportunities to score a lot more than we did. Three (runs) in the ...
DAVE CLARK After we got going we played good defense and swung with out bats. We'll be ready for districts.
MEGAN BURDITT We had pitching in the first game, but the hitting wasn't there. We got the bats alive a little bit ...
MICHAEL ARENSDORFF At third, that's still a work in progress. That's what's great, every day I get to work at third, wo...
NOMAR GARCIAPARRA I know it's more important to get into games than see results. I got set back a little bit. I'm exci...
LOU MERLONI I'll be able to get some more at-bats. I'll make the most of them.
GARRETT JONES We have so many great scorers that I just got down low in rebounding position and luckily the ball b...
JEFF SCHAFER Hitting for the cycle is a great accomplishment for any batter. That was a pretty amazing thing to w...
EILEEN SCHMIDT After my tour I had time to stay at home, be with my boyfriend and hang out with friends and that br...
ADAM LAMBERT Our kids have been swinging the bats all year long. Five of them are hitting at least .500 and befor...
PAUL CROFT My first two at bats weren't that good, so I focused and tried to get in my groove again.
JOEL WELLS It scared me. They started hitting 3s and stuff and playing defense and got back in the game. When t...
JOSH BRIGHT Coach told me and Jamel that we had to be more aggressive in the second half. We were just more acti...
DUKE CREWS Before, (with) all the metal bats all you could hear was a ding. Now it's more of a solid-hitting fe...
KATIE IVANCICH
I never blame myself when I'm not hitting. I just blame the bat, and if it keeps up, I change bats. ... YOGI BERRA When we got the kids back at halftime, we told them, 'Take a breath and relax.' They were playing al...
DAVID JENNINGS I had a couple of good at-bats. But tonight it felt good, felt comfortable at the plate.
JOE MAUER
Just because you're down to your last strike, you're not out yet. You can always do more. Yo... TONY LA RUSSA We had to battle in that first game. We were down 10-2 but got the bats going. Everyone stepped up.
COLLEEN NAVE We were joking around. I told Brent he's not going to win more (titles) than me. But he pointed out ...
GARY WEISENSTEIN We'll get a lot of playing time. We could get four games in two days and possibly more than that. We...
KAREN KALHOEFER I had my first Major League at-bat off him in 1995. He struck me out. But I think that helped me out...
MARK LORETTA We had the punt team going in, so I had to go in and do my job there. When I came back after the pun...
JOE TERESHINSKI I'm not surprised at all. If you get good pitching, good defense and quality at-bats, not just batti...
DON SUTHERLAND It was one of those nights I was seeing it well, ... Maybe it had something to do with Jacque moving...
JOE MAUER The more at bats I get the more comfortable I feel. I don't feel like I'm behind. It feels like I've...
PEDRO FELIZ I'm lucky if I get two in a year, let alone in back-to-back at bats. It's all kind of overwhelming. ...
CHRIS SHELTON We talked about hitting the ball hard. We got our bats going in that second game. It was extremely i...
JENNY MEIROWSKY I had been playing for a while, and I asked Louisville Slugger to send me a dozen flame treated bats...
BOB UECKER The guys did a great job of battling and had some great at bats in that last inning. We didn't have ...
DAVID BEASLEY We had a good approach and swung the bats well early in the game. I was concerned in the eighth and ...
MIKE TRAPASSO We know we can hit a lot better than that. Coach Graham talks about [situational hitting] all the ti...
BRIAN FRIDAY Believe me, there's no sense of complacency in here at all. We're going out and giving it everything...
JOE RANDA We've had a plan to win five games after the season was over, and we've got two. So we're just looki...
LUIS RIVERA Our offense has really come around. We're swinging the bats well and getting good at-bats. When we g...
BOBBY PIERCE Occasionally, a young catcher is born with a backup's soul. Bob Montgomery was on the Red Sox op...
STEPHEN RODRICK I'm feeling pretty good at the plate. I just wish it would have come in a win. I had quality at-bats...
JOE MCEWING We swung the bats extremely well and had great defensive plays.
JASON MACKEY Last year was a fluke. I spent this summer in the (Cape Cod) wood bat league which is more of a pitc...
JAKE DUGGER The Worcester coach called in Pat and told him to take a look at this gobby bugger he'd be playing a...
ALEX SANDERSON Everett made some adjustments during Spring Training. He's got a much better approach at the plate, ...
MORGAN ENSBERG 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 As far as starts-wise, probably not. At-bats-wise? Yeah, I got playing time.
JEFF KEPPINGER
I think I had the smallest handle around. When I got my bats, I even trimmed them down. I used to sc... STAN MUSIAL I had two at-bats against him and saw balls right over the plate. I hit them right at the end of the...
ALBERTO CONCEPCION It helped out a lot. I got to play with guys throughout the country that play on other college baseb...
BERNARD ROBERT We had a coach who was with Albert at every level Albert went. He was Albert's babysitter, for lack ...
MIKE HARGROVE
Someone told me at halftime I had five assists, but I just laughed at it. The win's more important. JAMES AUGUSTINE
He's swung the bat real well. I watch the at-bats more than I do the results of the at-bats. It's to... JOE TORRE He was signed as a natural third baseman, ... He's a switch-hitter, I've seen him take some good at-...
JIM TRACY I don't know how many at-bats I'd have, but it would be more than I have now. We had so many guys at...
HOWIE CLARK
I never blame myself when I'm not hitting. I just blame the bat and if it keeps up, I change bat... YOGI BERRA
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The best years of your life are the ones in which you decide your problems are your own. You do not ... 
The high destiny of the individual is to serve rather than to rule. 
Technological progress is like an axe in the hands of a pathological criminal. 
The devil has put a penalty on all things we enjoy in life. Either we suffer in health or we suffer ... 
Man can hardly even recognize the devils of his own creation. 
Martyrs, my friend, have to choose between being forgotten, mocked or used. As for being understood ... 
As a result of my philosophy, I wasn't even upset about Hitler. I was willing to go to war to kn... 
Truth, like light, blinds. Falsehood, on the contrary, is a beautiful twilight that enhances every o... 
Freud had a gene for inefficiency, and I think I have a gene for efficiency. 
What's interesting about books that take place in the future, even twenty years in the future, i... 
Just as the wave cannot exist for itself, but is ever a part of the heaving surface of the ocean, so... 
The great fault of all ethics hitherto has been that they believed themselves to have to deal only w... 