Adam Kennedy Quotes (66 Quotes)

Randy threw well tonight. We got some things going off of Johnson and when we did, we got some runs out of it. I hit a fastball in, and all I wanted to do was keep it fair and hit it hard.

With him, it can happen anytime. It doesn't matter if he does it the last week or whenever. I think we have to be careful of not sitting back and watching and not relying on it. We're not going to put all of our eggs in that basket, it's too dangerous. We have a nice offensive roll going and we're not going to rely on one person.

It's a little bit more than that. You can't rely on calls from the umpires to win you some games. I think we understand that.

The last game Monday night against the Yankees, in Game 5 of the AL Division Series, that was probably, including the World Series and everything, the most the crowd had got into it and it helped us through. I can't imagine it's going to change the rest of the way.

We flat-out got beat by a better team this week. No way around that. I'll definitely have my White Sox hat on during the World Series. They're a great team, and fun to watch.

It was a little more quiet than usual. Everybody respected everybody's wish to get a little sleep. Card games went from 10 guys to three or four guys.

They played perfect baseball. They took advantage of opportunities, and they didn't give us any opportunities.

I wouldn't say it surprised me, but you have to stay ready. On nights like this when you get the opportunity, you want to be ready. Sometimes it works for you and sometimes it doesn't.

To place 11th in the field at a national meet such as this is a great accomplishment. Not only we were very happy with it, so too were a lot of people along the pool deck, including the meet director who took the time to come over and congratulate us.

It's half them and half us. They've got some great pitchers, but at the same time, we stink right now at the plate. And if we keep doing that, tomorrow is the last day.

I really think it's all in your head. I always say it's just the bat and the ball. If you're a good hitter, you're a good hitter.

When we've had success in the playoffs before, we had a lineup full of guys getting hits one after another. But having Garret healthy and swinging like he can would be real big for us.

I had him played a little to the hole, a step closer to the bag to try and make the double play. I could see on the first two pitches that he wasn't trying to do too much. I took a step to my right to try and cover a little more ground.

Lot of times we get a lot of jokes, I live with a bunch of fruitcakes. But it's something we're proud of. It's an industry that we're proud of.

Every day's pretty big from here on out. It's unfortunate Oakland won tonight and we lose, but it probably won't be the last time that happens.

They really put on a display of how to pitch.