Buddy Bell Quotes

"I don't think we saw Schilling at his best tonight. But we took advantage of it and that's what we have to do when a guy like that is not at the top of his game."

"That's not enough for a guy who's scrambling, fighting for a job."

"I'll tell you, having a guy like that out there is such a comfort. He gets such a jump on the ball and can hit for power. He's a true professional."

"We have a lot of decisions, which is good."

"I never really doubted the character of this team. Inexperience shows, and that's something we've got to live with, but the character has always been there. ... We've got a lot of young guys that need to show progress if we're going to get better, and I think they will."

"Ooh, it does look funny, though,"

"He's a guy that'll help us win some games."

"Everybody was sure we would do it, but I knew better. There was no way we would lose 100 games two years in a row! 63-99 looks real good right now!"

"I knew it was over 100 games. We'd get close, but not over the hump."

"Because of the history and Ambres got hit earlier, ... I guess Mike (home plate umpire Mike Everitt) felt like Zack sent a message."

"Then we came back, thanks to the home runs. We usually don't get that kind of production as far as home runs go."

"We have a really strict pitch count for these younger kids."

"We have a real strict pitch count for these young kids and he was at 97. We were going to let him go between 95 and 100."

"We think so. Then again, that's up to him. He's made a lot of progress in conditioning. We look forward to seeing him back."

"We're trying to figure out what we're going to do next with Bautista. I still don't think he's going to pitch for us this year, although he wants to."

"When they got the four runs, we can't stop playing. We've got to keep playing. The nature of the game is to keep going. I didn't think the focus was there at the end after they got the four runs. That can't happen. I'm kind of running out of answers."

"I think when you're in the public eye you unfortunately have to get that kind of stupidity. But that's the way it is. You just live with it and move on."

"I like his stuff, but he's still learning how to pitch."

"He did a great job. He's nice to have in the rotation with that kind of stuff."

"He understands that he wasn't ready. Those were his words to me."