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“They did a nice job on Thompson. They really crowded him and banged him and were physical with him.”
Tommy Dempsey
“[La Russa on Saturday suggested Brad Thompson would be Mulder's replacement if he couldn't pitch on Sunday. Duncan preferred Eldred.] Cal's had four days off and he's done it before, ... Thompson has pitched well in his role so why disrupt him?”
Tony La Russa
“Coach Thompson comes to just about every game and those guys who played for him and Coach Baggot talk about how they used to just terrorize teams with their defense. Coach Hicks is here a lot and we talk a lot, and his teams obviously were great defensively. ... That tradition is an advantage we have.”
Troy Graefe
“Payton Thompson is a threat anywhere on the field. That's why he doesn't come off the field very much. He's going to be around the ball.”
Fred Heinz
“We could tell he (Thompson) was getting tired in the seventh inning. He started to hang a few pitches. The temptation was to throw him back out there for the eighth because he pitched such a great game but he gave us all he had.”
Gary McNamara
“This sends a clear message to Mark Thompson that he is out of touch with his staff. We have been given a clear mandate in favor of a strike.”
Gerry Morrissey
“What a shot by Alex Thompson!”
Steve Alford
“Thompson threw more punches, judged distance better and got hit cleanly with only one punch. It was a choppy fight. (Thompson) didn't dominate but part of why Thompson didn't dominate was that Boone did a lot of clutching.”
Steve Farhood
“I saw (Thompson) was covering him -- when I saw that I gave him a signal that I wanted to go there. Steve put on the burners and took off.”
Jake Delhomme
“We have been made to feel so welcome ever since we got to Thompson.”
Janet Harvey
