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October 11, 2010 The Week in QuotesOctober 4-10WITH JERRY JONES AND GEORGE W. BUSH BEHIND YOU, VICTORY IN ST. PETERSBURG IS INEVITABLE
"This is a different team than has ever played here. This is a different set of circumstances. We want to get a ring, period. The history of the team has zero bearing on what we're trying to do and where we're trying to go."
"There's a championship feeling in the air over there with the Rangers. It's an exciting time. It lifts all boats. You've heard me say a lot of times, I think we have the highest per capita interest in sports in this area than any place in the country."
"I don't think we gave them anything. I think the runs they put on the board were earned. I didn't see us booting balls around."
"I remember in '07 we traded Tex, that was a tough spot for me. I mean, just a long time teammate, a great player. And the next thing you know we started seeing the kids that we traded Tex for showed up in spring training, kind of showing what they got. And you start thinking, wow, when these kids grow up they are going to be pretty good. They grew up a lot quicker than we thought they would, and we had three or four spots filled up just from that trade."
"I don't want to pitch against a guy like Cliff Lee all the time." OH YE OF LITTLE FAITH IN UMPIRES
"I'm going to tell you this. He should not have been on first. He should not have been on second. And he didn't touch third. So the Oscar goes to Chase Utley."
"If Utley got hit with a 102 mile-an-hour ball, he’s a soldier for going to first base like that. He must be Iron Man III. If you hit me, I would have been on the D.L., crying."
"Heck, in the World Series, I faked a catch, you know, a short hop. You’re going to do what you have to do. I don’t think it’s cheating, necessarily, like a lot of people want it to be. They want people to say, 'Yeah, I did it,' or, 'I didn’t do it.' It probably doesn't work like that. His chances of getting grazed and getting to first base might have been a better chance of actually getting a hit at the time. So you do what you have to do."
"I guess it's a good thing we don't have instant replay right now."
"I just think it's all about getting it right. Umpires are human and they may not see a call that may dictate who wins the game. So why not get it right?" SIMILAR COMMENTS WERE RECORDED AT THE OK CORRAL
"I don't think we were affected at all by this crowd. We were affected by Doc Halladay. And Doc affected the crowd. That's how it went."
"I watched it at home and it was just awesome. The guy is a beast on the mound. Once it got to around the fifth inning and I realized he was throwing a no-hitter, I stopped talking because I didn't want to say anything that could ruin it."
"The rule book says to score a base hit if extraordinary fielding is required to make the play. Even though (Carlos) Ruiz threw from his knees, catchers do that all the time. They're used to making plays like that, and it is an ordinary position for them. I have never had a no-hitter, and it’s certainly the most exciting game I have scored. It was a thrill to be a part of it."
"To right-handed hitters he'll throw a cutter, which starts at your right hip and catches the back corner, a sinker which catches the front portion, a back-door cutter which catches the corner and a slider on the corner. That's not even mentioning his curve or his splitter. He doesn’t throw a fastball." IT'S PROBABLY NOT A GOOD SIGN THAT LOSING ISN'T A SUFFICIENTLY DEPRESSING DESCRIPTION
"On the record-wise, yes, they've won nine in a row. That's not dominating us, other than wins and losses. The games are really close and could go either way. We come up with a big hit or big pitch they can turn the other way. We just haven't been able to do that."
"We keep saying, 'Well, next year we'll get these guys.' That's happened a couple of times, and it hasn't worked out."
"That's just such a non-issue. We all know that's a no-brainer. We are going to get something done." BRAGGING ABOUT YOUR MISTAKES IS ONE WAY TO GO
"We have always gone over budget in the 30 years I have been here… I don’t remember one time in all of Omar (Minaya) or before Omar, where the baseball department has come to ownership and said, 'We’d like to do this, this or this,' and we turned them down and yet the perception out there is that we’re picking baseball players. We're not capable of picking baseball players."
"We don’t know what will happen, but if he leaves, it could be a big change. Ever since he took over, this has been Los Mets. He got a lot of Latin guys through free agency and trades, and people were really into it."
"We're as disappointed as our fans. It costs us more. But we're just as disappointed." THE REST
"We looked at a lot of video of their offense and came up with a really good game plan. We didn't deviate. As far as what we'll do [Monday] night, we'll make a few adjustments, but this probably isn't the place to tell everyone about it."
"It can happen. It ain’t going to happen, but it can happen."
"Right now I am just happy we won. I was so nervous hoping that we didn't get swept. We got so close, just to get out of that, it feels much better. I almost feel like — it feels like we're winning the series right now."
"To be honest with you, I wanted to go from the batter's box to the dugout and be with the guys and not run the bases. What a cool thing to do and what a cool way to win."
"When I'm called upon, I enjoy being the stopper. When the skipper asks me to come out, regardless of the situation, I feel like I should be able to get out of it. It's already past me. The game's over. I can't really focus on that." --- Alex Carnevale is a contributor to Baseball Prospectus. 5 comments have been left for this article.
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Should Selig be allowed to say that? I know he can, but I just think that is way out of line. Am I wrong?
Should Selig say what? He isn't quoted here at all.
Look at unfiltered.