Doug Mirabelli Quotes (22 Quotes)

That was the first time naked in a police car.

You want to come in here and sweep because you can extend your lead, but you don't want to get swept. By winning yesterday, there was a lot of pressure taken off this team as far as having to avoid a sweep today and leaving here with a one-game lead.

I didn't embarrass myself and that was something I was worried about the whole flight from San Diego. You make a trade like that for certain reasons and for me to come here and start boxing balls too would not have been good.

I think I can still play a big role. In my mind, I'm going to catch a lot of games and we'll both get our at-bats.

It's a tough loss, there's no doubt about it. For them to come in and score five runs with two out in the eighth, that's tough to swallow.

After it got so close, you knew it was going to come down to the end. Would I rather be a half-game up at this point There's no doubt about it. If we can't make up a half-game deficit over the last 10 games, it wasn't meant to be anyway.

His ball was darting in, it was darting away. It was effectively wild in the strike zone. I had a tough time today catching the ball. I hadn't had a game like that where I felt like I was going to have a hard time catching the ball.

three games is still a lot.

Woody uses it more as a strikeout pitch. He's using it the way other pitchers might use a splitter or a cutter. There's no doubt it's a good weapon when you're working with it like he does, ahead in the count.

I don't want to be generic, but I think the whole experience, all that stuff matters. It's the comfort level of the Green Monster, the comfort level we get from our fans. All that plays into a confidence for us, for myself, especially.

I don't think I've ever been so nervous in a game. Even in warm-ups, the first time I saw the knuckleball I dropped a couple. I thought, 'Oh, oh. Here we go.

It's great for the girls to grow up in a community like this. We like it a lot. We're excited about being here.

The whole time on the flight I'm thinking there is no possible way that this is going to work out. I'm glad I got through it because I was nervous as anything. I don't think I have been that nervous in a ball game every in my career.

The biggest thing was not coming in here and getting swept. That would have put a damper on where were trying to get to. We play these guys three more times. We knew that as long as we didnt lose six times to these guys out of the last 20 games, we feel confident in our ability to win the East.

Coming down, 20 left, they have to play pretty darn good, we have to play pretty mediocre to lose the division. We still have head to head three games left.

We're playing mediocre ball right now. There's a lot of guys who need that day off, mentally and physically.

I understand their point of view. (Piazza is) a great player that they got at a discount price. How do you pass up on that

As a player, it feels great to hear how the fans appreciate you and your hard work.

If we can't make up a half a game, this wasn't meant to be, anyway. It's a virtual tie.

He strikes out people with his movement. Obviously, the ball was dancing. He mixed in some other pitches when he needed to.

I don't know if he gets the concept of a teammate or if he grasps that. People have tried to help him out. You've got to give him some leeway for language but at some point (you realize) he does speak more than he lets on. So at that point, you start to think he's making that choice.

It definitely had that playoff atmosphere. It was two guys, going head-to-head, that are arguably our No. 1s right now.