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He can barely walk again today. The trainers had to help him put on his pants.

It nicked off his glove. With two strikes, we play in on Pierre on the opposite way anyway. About the last thing he will do is hit a ball the opposite way over an outfielder's head.

It was a big win right there. Prince takes care of business like that. It worked out just great.

How could it hurt him We knew Ben would probably get knocked around a little bit, but that he would be strong enough that he would be able to handle it.

They're one of the elite teams in the league. Any time that you play the measuring stick, you want to beat them.

It's just a day game after a night game. Miller would be catching if we were playing a night game.

We've never played as well as we're playing right now, since I've been here. We're playing the game so mistake-free.

Experience. You play it, day in and day out. You've got to do it on your own. It's the same thing Billy Hall went through two years ago. Look where he's at now. There's no quick fix.

The reason I first wanted to start him was I remembered the times we would face him in Atlanta and just think you were going to kill him. And he always stuck it to us.

The main thing we've been focusing on is our team defense and I thought our team defense was very, very good today on a very hard and fast infield. So I was pleased with that.

It got to the point where we all had been through it. The thing you do is not focus past today. You don't allow negative thoughts to enter your mind.

I'm thinking about a lot of things. I don't want guys not playing an extended amount of time.

That was an awesome at-bat. You know Roger Clemens is not going to give in, but the thing is, Miller didn't give in either.

He's got a slight strain of the right lat, not his shoulder, not his elbow. We'll evaluate him tomorrow, but we don't even know if he's going to miss a start. We think he's going to be just fine and dandy.

They need that adrenaline, they need that packed house to really get going.

Corey came in, got off the plane, got dressed, took batting practice and smoked the ball two or three times. He finally got a hold of one.

He's always been good against us. Every time he pitches against us, he pitches tough.

We have the ability to do special stuff, and we have to continue to be more consistent, and that's team-wide. It's not one single person or one single area. We do believe that we'll get better and better as the year goes on.

If you're on that night, it doesn't matter who you are. You're going to be tough to beat.

It all revolves around talent and ability and he's got the talent. Rookie or no rookie, he can play.

Benny we think has a slight strain of his lat. It's not the shoulder or elbow. We will evaluate him tomorrow and he will be day-to-day.

It's been a lot different. In years past, we focused on playing baseball games. From Day 1 (this year), we've gotten ready to win baseball games. We've focused more on little things, fundamental things.

In terms of experience and guys getting better, we've taken that step. We've made the strides that we set out to make this year as far as big-picture stuff.

That's going to be the hardest thing I'm going to have to do this season is finding Billy Hall playing time.

I'm glad we were able to score some runs so he could benefit from his great pitching.

You'd like him to get as many balls as he can, to get used to playing the position. He looked good out there. He's going to be fine. He's got the athletic ability to be a good outfielder.

We're looking for a little more offense at the top of the lineup now. We're trying to find a way to score some runs on a consistent basis.

I think that pitch counts have gotten into everybody's brain. These guys are making so much money nowadays that you're trying to protect your investment and you don't want to abuse anybody out there, especially if you've got a good arm.

I'm not going to sit here and say we're going to fight for the wild-card next year. As good as St. Louis is, that's something we want. We want to fight for the division championship.

I may move him up or down, but I'm not taking him out of the lineup no matter what happens. He'll get his occasional day off just like everybody will get, but he doesn't have to worry about coming out of the lineup. He's playing.

We need to get some good starts. We need to get some deep starts.

He had very, very good stuff today.

You can't really hit or miss on one outing.

Dana had much more control of his faculties. He stayed within himself and pitched very well.

We thought it would be better for him to throw under game conditions rather than trying to do a simulated game tomorrow. Now, he'll have an extra day of rest before his first start.

You just kind of felt that. I turned around and said, 'Prince is going to win it for us right here.' He's too good a player, too good a hitter, to have it go an extended amount of time.

It's a matter of commanding his fastball and being consistent. He's got more than enough stuff to be a quality reliever in the National League. It sets everything else up when he's throwing his fastball. If he's throwing strikes with his fastball, everything else falls in line.

It's just time to make a change.

He didn't pull anything. It just felt strange to him. It was not a knifelike pain, just a dull ache. He has some scar tissue back there, and it could be he popped some of that, which would be a good thing.

He'll fit in quite nicely. You can't win without talent and we couldn't pass up the ability to pick up someone with talent and experience, too.

With guys of that talent, there is just no way they are going to struggle for that long. It was just his time to get out of it.

The whole plan three years ago was to tread water until these kids got here. And it's not just those three. It's all the others, too, a whole corps of kids that are coming.

looked like an impossible task.

I'm not going to concede too many runs in this series, ... It depends on who the hitter is, what stage of the game we're at. I've seen a lot of games lost where you're in the first or second inning and you say, 'Eh, let them have that run. We're going to score a bunch.' And you end up losing, 1-0.

He's done a good job keeping the ball in the zone. He has had short, quick innings. He throws that knuckleball, and then he throws an 83-mph fastball and jams good hitters. He's got some weapons.

He just struggled all night long. They weren't smashing balls all over the place. They hit some balls off the end of the bat and they found some holes.

You don't really count on scoring five runs against Roger Clemens. He didn't have great stuff but the thing about that kind of pitcher is that he finds ways to compete even when he doesn't have his best stuff. Any time you beat, you've done something.

He threw the ball OK, but he got a few pitches up in the strike zone. The wind blowing out didn't help him.

He had very good stuff. He had an outstanding (split-finger fastball). He's working one expanding (his strike zone) a little bit.

We'll just have to wait and see. There's some concern. But major concern Not really. Some of it could be a little mental too.