Nobody wants to be embarrassed. Those guys have great stuff, and they're very capable of embarrassing all nine hitters. We step our game up and concentrate a little bit harder, and things have worked out.
I was the first of the group to get up here. I played with a lot of these guys in the minors. So, I can relate to them.
There aren't a lot of guys in the league who can bring a whole dugout to the top steps. He's definitely one of those guys. He's got a tremendous ceiling -- that's all I can say.
We just always find ways to figure the other teams aces out; Clemens, Carpenter, Beckett. We play well against all of them. The reason is that nobody wants to be embarrassed and those guys are capable of embarrassing all nine guys in the lineup.
As soon as I got into the dugout some of the guys came up and told me I'm the answer to a trivia question. It's a special memory.
There's only a couple of guys doing what I'm doing, so (we) take pride in what we're doing. There's a lot of guys getting groomed to be that type of player in the minors now, so there's definitely going to be a position on every team for a guy like us.
In years past if one guy didn't get it done the rest of the inning would get away. Now we have guys one through nine that can get it done, ... There are still some games left to do some damage and maybe get that wild card.