Alan Trammel Ball Quotations

We've said it before, when Carlos Pena hits a home run -- wow! That might be the furthest ball ever hit in this ballpark. He's been a different player since we brought him up six weeks ago. He's a better player.

He doesn't seem to panic. He gets a jump on the ball and then is in the right position to make his leap.

He (Rodriguez) even mentioned it. He can't believe it. From our view, it's a little low, but you could see the ball got away from the shortstop, it was a poor throw and he was safe. When you're going bad, nothing seems to be going right. It just doesn't look good.

He can't believe it. From our view, it's a little low, but you could see the ball got away from the shortstop, it was a poor throw and he was safe. When you're going bad, nothing seems to be going right. It just doesn't look good.

That's two out of three that he's done a good job. He has to keep the ball down. When he does that, he's much more effective. He's not overpowering.

To Brandon's credit, he was running hard. You often see guys going 60 percent on a ball like that, and they don't score.

First and third with one out, we needed to put that ball in play and we didn't. Not being able to get that hit and run down there kills us. He got the breaking ball, then he swung through it.

This guy is a good contact hitter. He can put the ball in play. He hit 17 home runs last year. He's a good hitter, and he's a good infielder.

For a right-handed hitter, he starts that breaking ball right at you, which a lot of times freezes you.

Not too shabby. Getting out of that first inning was huge for him, because you could see he was nervous, but he got that big double-play ball and then he settled in.