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Weve had some moral victories this season. Weve had one-goal losses against teams that did a number ...
EVA LANG We just weren't having good at-bats against him. We were trying to lift balls and over-swinging, tak...
DON WERNER I had a couple of good at-bats. But tonight it felt good, felt comfortable at the plate.
JOE MAUER I'm not surprised at all. If you get good pitching, good defense and quality at-bats, not just batti...
DON SUTHERLAND He had seven at-bats against me? I'll say two hits, probably.
DAVE RIGHETTI Our hitting is getting better. We had some very good at-bats and made some adjustments.
DAVE HEISE With the unbalanced schedule, over a third of our at-bats are against these teams so it's important ...
MICHAEL YOUNG We've been having some mistakes defensively. Our bats picked us up today. I told the guys that's not...
JOB GUNDERSON We didn't have very good at-bats.
JOSEPH HUNTER Ryan was on all day long. He squared up to the ball and that has been his problem this year. He had ...
MARK POLLARD (Brandon) Webb is a premier, No. 1 (starter) in this league. I felt I put some good at-bats against ...
DANNY ARDOIN We've played some good teams and some teams that weren't as good, and he's hit well against them all...
DAN OLIVER Our offense has really come around. We're swinging the bats well and getting good at-bats. When we g...
BOBBY PIERCE I thought we played well defensively. We had some good quality at bats. We only had four hits to sho...
JASON BRANDT At the start of the game our bats were asleep, we were asleep. They came out aggressive and we didn'...
BOB YAGGE We showed a lot of resilience. Braden Wells was huge at the plate with three quality at-bats and we ...
MIKE LITTLEWOOD We still need to work on being aggressive with the bats against better pitchers. We did a good job a...
KAREN VANDYKE It felt good to have two at-bats like that to start the season and move further along.
LANCE NIEKRO Ben had some real good at-bats today. He used the whole field, going opposite field for a couple of ...
CHUCK GRANT We had a good start after the bats struggled in the first game.
DICK ADAMS It was one of those nights I was seeing it well, ... Maybe it had something to do with Jacque moving...
JOE MAUER I made some good pitches there, and our bats did the rest,
BRAD RADKE I had two at-bats against him and saw balls right over the plate. I hit them right at the end of the...
ALBERTO CONCEPCION The kids hit the ball well today - in fact, if anything we might have been a little too aggressive a...
CHUCK GRANT I'm feeling pretty good at the plate. I just wish it would have come in a win. I had quality at-bats...
JOE MCEWING We hit the ball real well and had some good quality at-bats. We got off to a nice start and made it ...
JOE HUGHES My first two at bats weren't that good, so I focused and tried to get in my groove again.
JOEL WELLS He's doing very well. He's had good at bats. He's hitting the ball hard. He also is doing the job in...
DAVE PANO Good at-bats. It's nice. First pitch, (he hits a) line drive. He ran the bases really well.
TERRY FRANCONA We did a good job of keeping it going. The grand slam was big, but the guys kept putting up good at-...
ERIC WEDGE Even with a five-run lead against a team like Lancaster, it felt like a one-run game. It was importa...
BILLY GARDNER We've hit a ton from game one through game 10. Even today we didn't strike out a lot. We had quality...
GREG CHANDLER The hitting coach, Hal McRae, told me after (Andy) Pettitte struck me out (in the third) with a grea...
ALBERT PUJOLS It was good to finally see our bats come alive.
BOB SPERRAZZA I try not to make too big a deal out of it. It's kind of a short span of at-bats. I realize postseas...
CHRIS BURKE Hitting at the top of the order is a good thing. You get more at-bats. I'm excited to see how this d...
CHASE UTLEY Weve talked in general about spin-offs and updating it - we dont have specific plans at this point. ...
BURT FEINTUCH Sometimes you go through slumps, ... But I feel like if I put a couple of good at-bats together, I'l...
HANK BLALOCK He wasn't getting many at-bats, and he didn't have any prospects of getting more at-bats. We like hi...
MIKE HARGROVE It's starting to warm up a little outside and I think our bats are about to come around a little bit...
GREG MCVEY It's essentially been our pitching. It allows our bats to relax and finally get going. We know our p...
DAVE LARSON They brought the left-hander to turn Lance around and he came up with a big hit immediately, ... Lan...
BRAD AUSMUS Walks and hit batters are not a good formula against this club, ... They worked the daylights out of...
KEN MACHA Walks and hit batters are not a good formula against this club, ... They worked the daylights out of...
KEN MACHA Walks and hit batters are not a good formula against this club. They worked the daylights out of (Zi...
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[Coming in, Jeter had only three hits in 21 at-bats against Harper, with only one RBI.] It doesn't m...
DEREK JETER We took a really good shot at them tonight. They're a very good club, and they withstood it and real...
SEAN MCNALLY We're swinging the bats well. It's good to come back and get a good win. ... We played real well in ...
JOE KNOWLTON It's always fun to play against Ottawa, the two best teams in the league. I think it's a good sign w...
ANTERO NIITTYMAKI I thought we played well enough to win. We had many quality at-bats, but we needed that one hit to g...
AL FRICKE We've got a good lineup. We had a bad week last week. We've got to swing the bats a little better th...
EDDIE ROHAN We were very opportunistic tonight offensively. We did a good job of battling in a few at bats and a...
TIM CORBIN Both teams played hard, both coaches had good strategies. Somebody had to win, and we got a break at...
ARCHIE CARLYLE Weve got a lot more than a lot of people.
IAN WILLIAMSON Anything I can do to simulate at-bats.
JACOB CRUZ They swung the bats, played a good game and we played like crap. So that's what 11-2 equals. Give th...
MIKE FLORAK He was signed as a natural third baseman, ... He's a switch-hitter, I've seen him take some good at-...
JIM TRACY It will be beneficial for the Puerto Rican team. They'll get some more at-bats against Major League ...
LOU MELENDEZ We can be very good. We've got a good, young pitching staff and a great defense. We're swinging the ...
DILLON GUILLORY The more at bats I get the more comfortable I feel. I don't feel like I'm behind. It feels like I've...
PEDRO FELIZ I think if we could have kept the game close, we'd have had a shot because we were having good at-ba...
MIKE BIANCO After we got going we played good defense and swung with out bats. We'll be ready for districts.
MEGAN BURDITT I dont really think its all that settled yet, ... Weve got a good group of guys, though. Im sure eve...
AARON KATZ I worked on my stance, and it felt good to get some good at-bats and a couple of hits off right-hand...
LANCE NIEKRO We swung the bats really well. Offensively we were pretty good.
RICH ALDAY Broome has a good squad. They always swing the bats hard.
DEBBIE HOLCOMBE In America, we're dividing into red and blue states. We're swinging our ideologies against each othe...
BOB SCHULTZ Yesterday he came to the ballpark and felt very, very good. Better than expected. He let it loose in...
TIM PURPURA The pitching looked good and the defense looked pretty good. It took a little while to get our bats ...
BRAD POCKLINGTON The pitching looked good and the defense looked pretty good. It took a little while to get our bats ...
BRAD POCKLINGTON![]()
When we played the Dodgers in St. Louis, they had to come through our dugout, and our bat rack was r...
STAN MUSIAL This will be a good day. How many bats can I break?
COLE HAMELS We had a chance after Chicago to have a pretty good road trip against some pretty good teams. At a b...
ADAM KENNEDY It's been interesting, in a little bit less than nine months weve gone from trying to convince peopl...
JOHN HOGAN I don't know if we've played against teams as talented as teams we're playing against now. Playing h...
BILLY DONOVAN It seems like everybody's starting to swing the bats well at the same time.
BILL HALL It was good to go to big-league camp and fun to be there. I didn't get too many at-bats, but I did w...
JASON PRIDIE Hey, you can't take anything away from Lakewood Ranch. They put their bats on the ball, threw strike...
BOB BRUGLIO We swung the bats really well today. It was a good team effort.
DAVE LEGG Well, we played pretty well today. Put good wood on the bats. We just needed to play a little better...
CASEY HAMILTON We do this all the time. We play well against good teams and not so good against average teams. We d...
DON BARTLETT We were contagiously all bad at the same time, now we're contagiously all swinging the bats pretty g...
JAY PAYTON A good cricketer never loses his nerve.
He just bats on!
ANTHONY T.HINCKS I don't think it's so much the number of at-bats as how you are feeling in spring. Sometimes you fee...
DERREK LEE We liked what we saw of him in spring training and hopefully we don't lose him. But he wasn't gettin...
MIKE HARGROVE We did a real good job finishing. We came out swinging our bats real good. Everybody, from top to bo...
GREG WATKINS They don't have a very good record, but they've played pretty well against some pretty good teams.
KYLE MAGNUSSON I think it is a product of having real good at-bats. He can handle a lot of different pitches and he...
CORY MEE![]()
What you are good at, you never do it free!
DEYTH BANGER Usually we're slow coming out of the gates with the bats. Today we came out swinging the bats early ...
JOE CARUSO Over the trip we played really well. The 6-0 record explains everything. From an offensive standpoin...
DAVE SCHULTZ The guys did a great job of battling and had some great at bats in that last inning. We didn't have ...
DAVID BEASLEY We've gone through years where we've had really good teams at the top, but I'm not sure we've had a ...
DANA ALTMAN We had a very good day today. Our top two doubles teams played very well and our singles was very co...
MANUEL DIAZ We had some pretty good at-bats off [Carpenter]. We just couldn't find any holes. That's the way it ...
CRAIG BIGGIO We swung the bats extremely well and had great defensive plays.
JASON MACKEY![]()
He always messes with the lineup. The thing is, it doesn't matter if you hit 1, 2, 3 or ninth, you s...
DEREK JETER It was a pretty good job all around; the bats finally came through for us.
BETH WALTERS I thought we did a pretty good job after waiting around all day to play. We came out and played hard...
BRIAN CLEARY She's been a force for us in the one spot. She's doing a great job. She's battling off pitches, gett...
CHANTIEL WILSON
EVA LANG We just weren't having good at-bats against him. We were trying to lift balls and over-swinging, tak...
DON WERNER I had a couple of good at-bats. But tonight it felt good, felt comfortable at the plate.
JOE MAUER I'm not surprised at all. If you get good pitching, good defense and quality at-bats, not just batti...
DON SUTHERLAND He had seven at-bats against me? I'll say two hits, probably.
DAVE RIGHETTI Our hitting is getting better. We had some very good at-bats and made some adjustments.
DAVE HEISE With the unbalanced schedule, over a third of our at-bats are against these teams so it's important ...
MICHAEL YOUNG We've been having some mistakes defensively. Our bats picked us up today. I told the guys that's not...
JOB GUNDERSON We didn't have very good at-bats.
JOSEPH HUNTER Ryan was on all day long. He squared up to the ball and that has been his problem this year. He had ...
MARK POLLARD (Brandon) Webb is a premier, No. 1 (starter) in this league. I felt I put some good at-bats against ...
DANNY ARDOIN We've played some good teams and some teams that weren't as good, and he's hit well against them all...
DAN OLIVER Our offense has really come around. We're swinging the bats well and getting good at-bats. When we g...
BOBBY PIERCE I thought we played well defensively. We had some good quality at bats. We only had four hits to sho...
JASON BRANDT At the start of the game our bats were asleep, we were asleep. They came out aggressive and we didn'...
BOB YAGGE We showed a lot of resilience. Braden Wells was huge at the plate with three quality at-bats and we ...
MIKE LITTLEWOOD We still need to work on being aggressive with the bats against better pitchers. We did a good job a...
KAREN VANDYKE It felt good to have two at-bats like that to start the season and move further along.
LANCE NIEKRO Ben had some real good at-bats today. He used the whole field, going opposite field for a couple of ...
CHUCK GRANT We had a good start after the bats struggled in the first game.
DICK ADAMS It was one of those nights I was seeing it well, ... Maybe it had something to do with Jacque moving...
JOE MAUER I made some good pitches there, and our bats did the rest,
BRAD RADKE I had two at-bats against him and saw balls right over the plate. I hit them right at the end of the...
ALBERTO CONCEPCION The kids hit the ball well today - in fact, if anything we might have been a little too aggressive a...
CHUCK GRANT I'm feeling pretty good at the plate. I just wish it would have come in a win. I had quality at-bats...
JOE MCEWING We hit the ball real well and had some good quality at-bats. We got off to a nice start and made it ...
JOE HUGHES My first two at bats weren't that good, so I focused and tried to get in my groove again.
JOEL WELLS He's doing very well. He's had good at bats. He's hitting the ball hard. He also is doing the job in...
DAVE PANO Good at-bats. It's nice. First pitch, (he hits a) line drive. He ran the bases really well.
TERRY FRANCONA We did a good job of keeping it going. The grand slam was big, but the guys kept putting up good at-...
ERIC WEDGE Even with a five-run lead against a team like Lancaster, it felt like a one-run game. It was importa...
BILLY GARDNER We've hit a ton from game one through game 10. Even today we didn't strike out a lot. We had quality...
GREG CHANDLER The hitting coach, Hal McRae, told me after (Andy) Pettitte struck me out (in the third) with a grea...
ALBERT PUJOLS It was good to finally see our bats come alive.
BOB SPERRAZZA I try not to make too big a deal out of it. It's kind of a short span of at-bats. I realize postseas...
CHRIS BURKE Hitting at the top of the order is a good thing. You get more at-bats. I'm excited to see how this d...
CHASE UTLEY Weve talked in general about spin-offs and updating it - we dont have specific plans at this point. ...
BURT FEINTUCH Sometimes you go through slumps, ... But I feel like if I put a couple of good at-bats together, I'l...
HANK BLALOCK He wasn't getting many at-bats, and he didn't have any prospects of getting more at-bats. We like hi...
MIKE HARGROVE It's starting to warm up a little outside and I think our bats are about to come around a little bit...
GREG MCVEY It's essentially been our pitching. It allows our bats to relax and finally get going. We know our p...
DAVE LARSON They brought the left-hander to turn Lance around and he came up with a big hit immediately, ... Lan...
BRAD AUSMUS Walks and hit batters are not a good formula against this club, ... They worked the daylights out of...
KEN MACHA Walks and hit batters are not a good formula against this club, ... They worked the daylights out of...
KEN MACHA Walks and hit batters are not a good formula against this club. They worked the daylights out of (Zi...
KEN MACHA
[Coming in, Jeter had only three hits in 21 at-bats against Harper, with only one RBI.] It doesn't m... DEREK JETER We took a really good shot at them tonight. They're a very good club, and they withstood it and real...
SEAN MCNALLY We're swinging the bats well. It's good to come back and get a good win. ... We played real well in ...
JOE KNOWLTON It's always fun to play against Ottawa, the two best teams in the league. I think it's a good sign w...
ANTERO NIITTYMAKI I thought we played well enough to win. We had many quality at-bats, but we needed that one hit to g...
AL FRICKE We've got a good lineup. We had a bad week last week. We've got to swing the bats a little better th...
EDDIE ROHAN We were very opportunistic tonight offensively. We did a good job of battling in a few at bats and a...
TIM CORBIN Both teams played hard, both coaches had good strategies. Somebody had to win, and we got a break at...
ARCHIE CARLYLE Weve got a lot more than a lot of people.
IAN WILLIAMSON Anything I can do to simulate at-bats.
JACOB CRUZ They swung the bats, played a good game and we played like crap. So that's what 11-2 equals. Give th...
MIKE FLORAK He was signed as a natural third baseman, ... He's a switch-hitter, I've seen him take some good at-...
JIM TRACY It will be beneficial for the Puerto Rican team. They'll get some more at-bats against Major League ...
LOU MELENDEZ We can be very good. We've got a good, young pitching staff and a great defense. We're swinging the ...
DILLON GUILLORY The more at bats I get the more comfortable I feel. I don't feel like I'm behind. It feels like I've...
PEDRO FELIZ I think if we could have kept the game close, we'd have had a shot because we were having good at-ba...
MIKE BIANCO After we got going we played good defense and swung with out bats. We'll be ready for districts.
MEGAN BURDITT I dont really think its all that settled yet, ... Weve got a good group of guys, though. Im sure eve...
AARON KATZ I worked on my stance, and it felt good to get some good at-bats and a couple of hits off right-hand...
LANCE NIEKRO We swung the bats really well. Offensively we were pretty good.
RICH ALDAY Broome has a good squad. They always swing the bats hard.
DEBBIE HOLCOMBE In America, we're dividing into red and blue states. We're swinging our ideologies against each othe...
BOB SCHULTZ Yesterday he came to the ballpark and felt very, very good. Better than expected. He let it loose in...
TIM PURPURA The pitching looked good and the defense looked pretty good. It took a little while to get our bats ...
BRAD POCKLINGTON The pitching looked good and the defense looked pretty good. It took a little while to get our bats ...
BRAD POCKLINGTON
When we played the Dodgers in St. Louis, they had to come through our dugout, and our bat rack was r... STAN MUSIAL This will be a good day. How many bats can I break?
COLE HAMELS We had a chance after Chicago to have a pretty good road trip against some pretty good teams. At a b...
ADAM KENNEDY It's been interesting, in a little bit less than nine months weve gone from trying to convince peopl...
JOHN HOGAN I don't know if we've played against teams as talented as teams we're playing against now. Playing h...
BILLY DONOVAN It seems like everybody's starting to swing the bats well at the same time.
BILL HALL It was good to go to big-league camp and fun to be there. I didn't get too many at-bats, but I did w...
JASON PRIDIE Hey, you can't take anything away from Lakewood Ranch. They put their bats on the ball, threw strike...
BOB BRUGLIO We swung the bats really well today. It was a good team effort.
DAVE LEGG Well, we played pretty well today. Put good wood on the bats. We just needed to play a little better...
CASEY HAMILTON We do this all the time. We play well against good teams and not so good against average teams. We d...
DON BARTLETT We were contagiously all bad at the same time, now we're contagiously all swinging the bats pretty g...
JAY PAYTON A good cricketer never loses his nerve.
He just bats on!
ANTHONY T.HINCKS I don't think it's so much the number of at-bats as how you are feeling in spring. Sometimes you fee...
DERREK LEE We liked what we saw of him in spring training and hopefully we don't lose him. But he wasn't gettin...
MIKE HARGROVE We did a real good job finishing. We came out swinging our bats real good. Everybody, from top to bo...
GREG WATKINS They don't have a very good record, but they've played pretty well against some pretty good teams.
KYLE MAGNUSSON I think it is a product of having real good at-bats. He can handle a lot of different pitches and he...
CORY MEE
What you are good at, you never do it free! DEYTH BANGER Usually we're slow coming out of the gates with the bats. Today we came out swinging the bats early ...
JOE CARUSO Over the trip we played really well. The 6-0 record explains everything. From an offensive standpoin...
DAVE SCHULTZ The guys did a great job of battling and had some great at bats in that last inning. We didn't have ...
DAVID BEASLEY We've gone through years where we've had really good teams at the top, but I'm not sure we've had a ...
DANA ALTMAN We had a very good day today. Our top two doubles teams played very well and our singles was very co...
MANUEL DIAZ We had some pretty good at-bats off [Carpenter]. We just couldn't find any holes. That's the way it ...
CRAIG BIGGIO We swung the bats extremely well and had great defensive plays.
JASON MACKEY
He always messes with the lineup. The thing is, it doesn't matter if you hit 1, 2, 3 or ninth, you s... DEREK JETER It was a pretty good job all around; the bats finally came through for us.
BETH WALTERS I thought we did a pretty good job after waiting around all day to play. We came out and played hard...
BRIAN CLEARY She's been a force for us in the one spot. She's doing a great job. She's battling off pitches, gett...
CHANTIEL WILSON
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