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“Around the field he was all business. He didn't really socialize or go out with us that often, but he didn't cause problems around the clubhouse, either.”
Jeff Conine
“When you have guys ahead of you who get on base, I don't care what spot you're hitting in, you want to take advantage of that and drive them in. Juan Pierre was on base ahead of me. [Jason] Vargas was on base ahead of me. I had some opportunities.”
“He doesn't give you many mistakes to hit. It was just command. He was not throwing 95 mph at you. It was just pinpoint control.”
“He threw a lot of fastballs and just put them right where he wanted them. It's a perfect example of when a pitcher hits his spots, he's going to be successful.”
“It happened as we were going out on the field. Give him a hug and... got to go play now.”
“That's as good as you're going to see, ... other than Mariano Rivera.”
“When I first faced him in '98, I knew he and (Roy) Halladay both had special stuff,”
“[The difference] is a plan. He's got a really good plan on every hitter that goes up there, and he's able to execute.”
“You focus on your end goal -- to make the playoffs. You know what you have to accomplish every night to do that. You go out there and try to win that game. It's a dogfight. When you have this many teams bunched up this tight, it's almost like the last one standing gets to go to the playoffs.”
“It was very sobering but in a way uplifting,”
