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«By tomorrow, we will have somebody. Another player will be here by tomorrow. We're still playing one player short as of [Thursday night]. And [the player] could be [Sean] Burroughs, yes.»

«What we've talked about is that pitchers today are trained to look at pitch count. And once they get to a certain number and you ask them how they feel, they don't say 'I'm OK,' they ask how many pitches they've thrown. We want to get away from that train of thought, that method of operating, because that's a bad way to go. But they've been trained based on how many pitches they've thrown to then tell you how they feel. We want to take that away.»

«It would be beautiful. Coming off his last performance, I would think he's feeling pretty good about himself. I haven't really looked up how he's done against Kansas City in the past. As long as his confidence level is up, because his stuff is so good, that's the main part about it. We all do better when our confidence level is up.»

«I've been around it a lot. It stinks when it happens, but it happens to every team in Major League Baseball, and, unfortunately, several times a year. So that was our first. We've got to get by and move on. It stinks, but it just happens.»

«I'd just like to see him go out there and put together some innings and some pitches. Again, his stuff is phenomenally good. We've just got to get him to pitch a little bit more and be a little more consistent with his concepts on how to get [batters] out. But, physically, this guy is very, very talented. We'll get beyond the other part. Eventually he's going to figure out, mentally, exactly what he wants to do in regard to pitching these games. And when he does, he's going to [be] very good for a long time.»

«I like the fact that he bent a little bit but didn't break. That's the whole issue. There was no big inning to be had. He stayed out of the big inning, and that is why he ended up getting the win. Pure and simple. I like the way he hung in there, and that's something for him to build on.»

«I think the guys aren't giving up. I see good mental at-bats.»

«You can just see that they're really into it. That's basically what I'm seeing right now. They're not quitting. They know if we get down a couple we can come back. It's a nice feeling in the dugout.»

«It just shows the guys aren't giving up. I'm seeing good mental at-bats and that's one of the things we're preaching.»

«He's given us an attitude. He's a blue-collar baseball player, a guy who wants to win.»