Bob Melvin Quotes on Games (12 Quotes)

Royce has been unbelievable as of late. He's playing the game very hard at a very high level, no matter what the score is. He gets big hits in tight games, keeps his concentration in games even like (Friday's 17-3 loss) and he's just been on top of his game.

This game here tonight is just as important as the game tomorrow against San Diego. We need to win games, we need to win a lot of games between here and the end.

They understand we're in a precarious position right now as far as trying to get some other guys in some games and get a look at them yet still go out there and try to be as competitive as you can,

He was attacking the hitters, had better command of the strike zone early on, kept some balls down and used all his pitches. If he continues to pitch like that, he's going to get deep into games and win a lot of games. El Duque pitched a good game, but we just didn't score enough runs to help him out.

Sometimes during games, I'll look over at him after somebody does a particular thing, and he'll just shake his head and laugh because it's gone back and forth so many times. He'll say, 'OK, let's see how we feel about it the next day.' He'll come in and h

These kind of games like this, when you get the crowd that we did, you really want to win those games, you want to set a tone. We didn't play very well at home last year, we played much better on the road, so you want to get your fans behind you, have a nice exciting day that you win. We just fell a little bit short.

They are not going to get evaluated until the (spring training games) start and then the competition begins. Guys try to do too much sometimes before the games start.

We saw it all spring and have seen it in the regular season. We must have seen it happen six or seven times in Spring Training and at least five times in the last four or five games. I would like to see him quit doing it.

There you have it -- three games. Huge for us. Doesn't matter because Tuesday is a whole new day, but it feels nice to win more than two.

What he's meant to us and what he does in the middle of games, you certainly can't minimize that.

We know it's going to be a dogfight. It makes it that much more exciting that we win these last two games, knowing we're not 7 12 back going in there. Five and a half is still a little lengthy.

Those games don't feel very good. You usually have one or two a spring. That doesn't mean they feel any better. Defensively, offensively, the whole bit, just a lousy day.