“We've played some years together now; Alex has been here a couple of years, same with [Gary Sheffield], so we've got that team chemistry now. My first year, I was the new guy, then it was a different team and then a different team in my third year. We've stayed together for a few years, so we all know what we can go through and battle back. It definitely makes a difference.”
Jason Giambi
“I couldn't be more proud of guys like Derek Jeter, Sheffield, Matsui. They absolutely played incredible. Randy Johnson came back with a warrior-type performance today. Unfortunately, guys like myself didn't contribute. This team has a lot of potential, and we'll be back.”
Alex Rodriguez
“The thing about [Gary Sheffield] is, even if he's not 100% he's still intimidating.”
Joe Torre
“And I had to pry that out of him with a crowbar. I was going to give [Gary Sheffield] tonight off, but I figured, since we've got the opportunity here, let's give Johnny a couple of days.”
“Everybody's just different. Sheff [ Gary Sheffield ] took no more than two months. [Mike] Mussina took about three months. Roger took a year and the first two months of the next season. Alex [Rodriguez] took most of last season, but in the second half he took off for us.”
Brian Cashman
“[Pull up your pants:] The pants over the cleats thing that Barry Bonds and Gary Sheffield have taken to a completely absurd level, ... Other sports have dress codes. How did this get by? Bonds looks like a kid in Dr. Denton pajamas the way he wears the uniform.”
Jeff Jones
