Mike Redmond Quotes (19 Quotes)

I think he's been tremendous. He's everything that everyone built him up to be. He's got a chance to be a great player in this league for a long time. Hopefully, I can play behind him for a number of years.

That was probably the best double-play combination in baseball.

Obviously, anytime you get beat and go 0-9 against teams in your own division, sure, those things hurt. We just haven't played that well. Do we still play them 16 more times each Yeah. So who's to say we can't win 12 or 13 from each of those teams. We could do that, too. That's what's great about playing teams in your division so many times.

I am truly honored because I know, obviously, what Bob meant to the Twins. I always told myself, when I put a uniform on for the first time in 1998, that I'm going to give everything I have.

I think he's already one of the best if not the best catchers in all of baseball. He's going to continue to improve. People talk about power and hitting enough home runs. It takes awhile to adjust to the pitching. He's a contact hitter. He's not a free swinger.

I'd say that's a pretty routine play for him.

When you get late in the season, you need guys to step up and get big hits. That's his job.

Sometimes I laugh when we talk. I'm 13 years older than he is. He's got a great grasp for what's going on out there. I don't think I've ever talked to a 22-year-old kid with as much of a good idea as he has.

You know, he was pumped when I just walked over to him. That was pretty neat. It puts things into perspective as a baseball player.

You've got to suck it up. It shows you what our team's made of. This team has a lot of character. We're not going to give up.

I saw more guys shaking their heads going to the dugout than I'd ever seen before. The thing about Alex Gonzalez is, he has the ability to make the tough play look routine.

Nobody was enjoying those types of conditions. It's just not fun playing baseball when it's 100 degrees out. It's just miserable. You have to suck it up. It shows what your team is made of when you play in tough conditions. Our team has a lot of character.

Hey, it can happen. Who's to say that if we string a group of 10, 11, 12 wins in a row we can't make up this ground This is what you want.

Guys are being respectful of the situation, how tough it is for everybody, the organization, our fans, T.K., everybody. You've got to respect that. You respect that as long as it takes.

If I was out there, that is where I would play me. That's how I play. I don't pull the ball. I just hit it pretty well this time.

I've played through it, but it just got to the point where that was it. I couldn't basically run. I feel good about doing everything I could. I battled through a majority of the season, especially the last two weeks.

I'm like, did I just see that ... I jumped up and said, 'Great job But don't ever do that again' Deep down, I was going, 'Man, that's impressive. A spring training game and this guy's going all out.'

You're not really focused on necessarily getting guys out more than you are trying to execute some pitches. Most of the time, we have in our plan just trying to get ahead with our fastball and mix in some breaking balls.

We're all right. We worked it out. Just a little difference of opinion.