Buddy Bell Team Quotations

Some of the things we do fundamentally, just the intangibles, it's just incredible at this level. I have a hard time watching it sometimes. There's no question we have people on this team who are going to be here when we're good. But right now there's a lot of things they need to learn.

I have to look at the one-run losses as somewhat of a positive. It shows that we're a team that has some character, we just don't have quite enough.

He pitched as well today as he did in Chicago. It's a big lift for us. Those last two teams he's faced are not slouches. His tempo was outstanding. I like his tempo. Last year his tempo was slow.

It's unexplainable, really. I don't think we're a playoff-contending team by any means, but I don't think we're this bad.

It's unbelievable, isn't it? We won two in a row from a team that has been playing pretty good.

This game was so crazy. It's probably one of the worst games we played in the whole streak. I told the guys after the game that they handled one of the toughest times ever in baseball. A young team faced TV and newspapers and everywhere they read they were scrutinized. I'm proud of them. It was tough, but the guys handled themselves with class.