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“It was one of those days when they centered some balls off Kenny, and a few that didn't that found holes. That's what happened to us during our streak.”
Jim Leyland
“When you talk about center fielders like Joe DiMaggio, Willie Mays and Mantle, he's up there with them, ... If he hadn't missed the last three-four years with injuries, he'd probably have at least 100 more homers.”
Jerry Narron
“That was its historical center.”
Jim Moore
“When you have a center fielder like him, it makes your whole team better and certainly your entire pitching staff.”
Jim Tracy
“We know what kind of defensive center fielder Chris Duffy is. To get him going offensively, it's not going to do us a lot of good, eight games in, to keep going back and forth.”
“Bernie was great. The assist on Crawford isn't easy, a catch in left-center field, a couple of base hits; it was a big night for him. I'm really happy for him.”
Joe Torre
“He says, 'Whatever you want me to do,' but he did allow me the fact that center field is probably his most comfortable position. He gets a jump even though he's not overly fast.”
“The only thing you need to adjust to is the slicing and the hooking. In center field you don't get those balls that slice away from you. There are balls in the corner that are going to scoot around. I feel very pleased that he's been able to play them as well as he played them.”
“Johnny became a star there; he went there as a center fielder and left as a cult hero. He was created there -- not that he wasn't worthy. I can't say he's not going to be emotional about it, but I don't think it's going to bend him out of shape in any way.”
“We have to get one of our center fielders going. They are young, and it's a tough game, but we have to get them going.”
Joe Girardi
