“That was just a great play. We knew they were going to bunt the ball, obviously. It was one of those when he starts to dive where I said, 'Please hold on.' Because a lot of times, you see the guy dive, and the ball hits his glove.”
Charlie Smythers
“He's the best leadoff hitter I've ever played with. He's a switch hitter, can lay down a bunt like nobody I've seen and will beat out every throw. He's quicker than a cat.”
Dan Garcia
“I've got lots and lots of anxious moments ahead thinking that we are just one hit away, one bunt away, one play away from being phenomenal.”
Dave McDowell
“We've played them 17 innings and had opportunities, but we couldn't execute the bunt.”
Mike Powell
“It's just like hitting. I try to take one at-bat a game in spring training to bunt. You get into a rhythm with bunting, that's why I work on it.”
Juan Pierre
“You have to do that early. There are some new faces. Cutoffs, relays and bunt plays are basically the same everywhere, but there are some variations.”
John Gibbons
“[How else to explain a litany of gaffes that included two botched bunt plays and Jose Offerman, the tying run, getting thrown out at second base on a single to center by Kaz Matsui in the seventh?] It was ugly, ... It was not the way to do things to get back in and stay in (the race).”
Willie Randolph
