When you win with the frequency that they did, you're playing with a lot of confidence. That adrenaline takes you a pretty good ways. All of a sudden you start losing, and maybe you start doubting yourself a little bit. Outside of that, it's a nice ball club with some nice talent over there.
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Tampa Bay The commissioner's office upheld bench coach John McLaren's three-game suspension for his outburst during a game in Boston last week. McLaren, who met with baseball officials Thursday, began serving his suspension Friday. They were kind enough to hear his rebuttal, but they didn't change it, ... We're all disappointed.Lou Piniella
Primarily the guys in the rotation now are our best five starters. And they've stayed healthy. ... They've all showed degrees of improvement and I have confidence in them.
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To his credit, he dug his heels in there. We scored five off him in two innings and he went six innings (total) and didn't give up any more.
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Whatever it is, I hope it continues.
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I would probably hate to end my career with three losing seasons like I did in Tampa Bay.
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Basically, we were pretty well set. We were looking for a specialty hitter and maybe a little back- up help out of camp. Now it's changed.
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