Tony Russa
Tony Russa
base hit tough
It's tough enough to get one base hit in the big leagues.
eighth gene good nelson rick seventh somebody
somebody good enough to get the outs in the seventh and eighth innings. We had Gene Nelson and Rick Honeycutt.
bring contact exactly gotten himself impressive interested record shape surprising track
He had a track record. When the contact was made, we were interested enough to bring him in. He's got a track record doing exactly what he's done. There isn't anything that is surprising about it, it's just impressive that he's gotten himself in this kind of shape and he's still capable.
hear needed ready team whatever
not what I wanted to hear. I would've wanted to hear him say he was ready to do whatever the team needed him to do in this situation.
feels turned
He turned his ankle. We'll see how he feels tomorrow.
achilles stuff
The Achilles is barking. You take all that stuff seriously.
break chance good particular parts pitcher
Any pitcher can make a mistake, and we're good enough to capitalize. But (Arroyo) did enough good things. He got a lot of outs in a lot of different parts of the zone. That's good pitching. If we pitch good, I always think there's a chance we're going to break through any particular inning.
burden offense special
It's a special burden on the offense to do something this series.
attention players point prove
It would prove that point that the attention should be on the players and not the managers.
ball chance hat hurt middle plate
Take your hat off to him. He never put the ball over the middle of the plate when we had a chance to hurt him.
backwards gets hurt trying work
He's anxious, he's straining to get out there, and we think if he gets out there he's going to go backwards and hurt himself. We're just trying to give him a little more work and see how he responds.
feeling feels good leaning tomorrow toward wait
He had a good throw. We're leaning toward it, (but) we're going to wait and see how he feels tomorrow during the off day. If he comes in feeling great, he starts. If not, we go the other way.
against break chance compete proves
I think it just proves he's human. I mean, he's really, really good, but if you compete against anybody, you have a chance to break through.
aggressive medical playing staff training
Over the weekend, he was very aggressive in his playing and it's barking. The medical and training staff think that he should take a day or two.