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“When you talk about putting your closer down, you'd better be sure you have somebody [else] who can get it done.”
Lloyd McClendon
“You can't take that many penalties in a game like this. It ended up putting a lot of pressure on a lot of people.”
Lou Lamoriello
“He's an intelligent guy. He's very good with mechanics. He's particularly good with putting together game plans on how to pitch the opposition -- utilizing his pitchers' strengths more than opposing hitters' weaknesses, which is a good way to go about it.”
Lou Piniella
“We're definitely comfortable with putting him out there. We don't know exactly how much. We won't rush him back. We don't know yet whether he'll return kickoffs and how much he'll play in nickel coverage. But we feel like he'll play.”
Lovie Smith
“We were 4-0 with him putting up those numbers. He deserves it.”
Mike Brown
“When that happens it puts more of a burden on a guy like Vlad. Sometimes you can pitch around one guy in the middle, and we've seen that. When Vlad was out of the lineup we hung in there. We had some guys swinging the bat well. I don't think we go as far as Vlad goes, but we need more than that.”
Mike Scioscia
“It puts Bartolo in a special plateau of pitchers. I haven't seen that many pitchers that can throw it that hard with that kind of movement. He can get three different looks with his fastball.”
“To combine velocity with great command is a package you don't see often, ... That puts him in an elite group of pitchers.”
“Eventually, we're going to start putting things together (offensively). That's the way it is. That's part of the grind.”
Mike Cameron
“Sort of puts an extra hop in your step.”
Mike Sweeney
