“If [Lowe] leaves it up, he can get hit. But if he starts it in the middle of the plate and just breaks down about a foot, there's nothing you can do. When he's pitching like that, like he did in the playoffs, it's hard to square up.”
“I definitely want to play, ... The doctors said it was a 'one in a million' [type thing]. It's a freak thing. It happened. Now I've got to deal with it.”
“We were right there on the doorstep, but we just couldn't finish it. The guys were having great at-bats over the last few innings ... especially those who came off the bench.”