It wasn't going foul, ... You know when you get out in front and the ball's going to slice a little more. I wasn't in front of that ball.

[With his players, Hurdle] only talks about the good things, ... He tells you when she's diving down and getting coins at the bottom of the pool.

He's stronger than he looks. When he gets that front butcher on, he's had it on me a few times and it's tight.

He throws hard, the ball moves everywhere. He threw a hard slider. He's tough to hit.

Maybe next year I'll have a better hunch.

It would have been a good year to be halfway decent. Any other year, we're in it right now.