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Strike one, strike two. Good location - hitting spots. If you throw strikes, guys have to swing. That's what happened.Odalis Perez
It's no good. I started throwing, and when I go down, when I release the ball, it pinches me.
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Things happen. When you know your team is not doing good, most of the blame goes against your manager. I don't see nothing (bad) Jim Tracy did with the Dodgers. ... I don't see the reason why it happened.
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Playing the way we were playing, I didn't have the desire to come to the ballpark. This year, from what I see from the beginning of spring training, the chemistry is different.
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Those young players act like they've been in the big leagues for a long time, ... They play like they belong here.
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The Dodgers are not out of this thing by any measure. This was only Game 1, after all, in this best-of-five NLDS. After a day off, the teams play again Thursday night at Busch Stadium before heading to L.A. for Game 3 on Saturday. We lost the game, ... We haven't lost the series.
Odalis Perez
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