Willie Randolph Quotes on Games (14 Quotes)

I can't get caught up in that. I know the fans would love to get payback, but what they (the fans) don't understand is you still have to play the game. We want to win the games very badly. We can't think that if we don't do well how will it affect you mentally. Regardless of how this plays out, we still have to play them again.

I'm not thinking about other teams or what people think about what we're doing, ... I'm just trying to win games.

It can't hurt. He's been there before, and bottom line, I hope he can produce and help win us some games.

It's not going to be a thing if he comes here where we say, 'OK, fine, put him at second and let him play,' because we want to win games,

It's good news that he's getting back onto the field. But even when he starts playing extended spring training games, we still need to monitor how he looks. You want him, hopefully, swinging the bat well and have his legs under him so when he gets back, he can contribute.

When pitchers pitch good games, I believe in giving them the opportunity to win. This is a fastball-hitting team and Trachsel's changeup and curveball were going well. He had plenty of rest and his pitch count was good.

We seem to make a mistake at the most inopportune times, ... and that's what happens when you lose close games.

(Matsui) has to get back into game shape. The kid's doing really well defensively and we're winning a few games, so there's no rush, that's for sure.

It's only three games. But, I'm looking forward to our next road trip (San Diego, San Francisco and Atlanta). We're playing well and we have to continue to do that.

You know he's going to do something special, ... but because we haven't won a lot of his games, we kind of lose that. I've said it about Roger Clemens When you have a great pitcher like that, it's not always automatic.

I wouldn't call him a swingman ... he could be in the roation by the end of the year. Nothing's etched in stone. We're just doing whatever it takes to win games.

A big walk by Julio and we got a break at the end. Those are the kind of games that are nice to win.

It was good to see him relax a little bit and get going. Obviously, spring training is not the best barometer for how you base these guys but, you know, he was 0-for-20 or whatever and he had a couple knocks so that's why you don't put a lot of emphasis on games like this because you can turn it around in one day.

I'm not playing any string out, I'm not looking to reevaluate right now, we're playing guys I think can help us win games, and we need as many as we can,