We were contagiously all bad at the same time, now we're contagiously all swinging the bats pretty good. Baseball's a funny game. You can't figure it out. When it's good, you just try to enjoy it as long as you can.

I never have been satisfied at any time, other than when you win a tournament that week, then you pretty much did what you wanted to accomplish.

Momentum comes and goes. We have a pretty young team and it's the first time a lot of these guys have been in this situation. I wouldn't say they were nervous, but they were certainly tentative in the first two periods.

I didn't say anything vulgar or swear at him. I just kept telling him he missed it. I didn't walk away so he threw me out.

[BOSTON ? Tie game, runner in scoring position and David Ortiz and Manny Ramirez due up in the 10th inning.] It's about as bad as it gets, ... Those are the last two guys in the world you want to face with a guy on third base with less than two outs.

It's about as bad as it gets. Those are the last two guys in the world you want to face with a guy on third base with less than two outs.