Bobby Cox Game Quotations

He threw an awful lot of strikes - he really had everything working. That's one of his best games ever.

Francoeur turned the game around with that catch. He was playing fairly shallow and to make that type of catch running the way he wasthat turned the ball game around.

The only thing I tell them is, 'Look, don't give the other (expletive) team too much credit. It's a baseball game. Just try to win the game.' We had a lot of things go wrong. But my theory is, you got a game every day.

He's mixing his pitches more. That's the difference I've seen. The name of the game is getting them out. It's not how hard you throw.

That was like the old days -- the old hookups with two outstanding pitchers. (Hudson) had his 'A' game going tonight. You can't possibly throw any better than he threw tonight. He just placed the ball exactly where he wanted to with live stuff. This one was special.

His totals seem to go up one or two every game. He's totally a star now. Andruw is putting a lot of guys in his shadow right now.

When Salty walks up there, you feel like he's going to turn the game around. That's why he's classified as one of the good young hitters in the entire minor league system.

When Salty walks up there, that's the way you feel, like he's going to turn the game around. He just looks good.

I thought Sosa maybe pitched his best game ever today.

We'll play it by ear exactly as we did against Cincinnati, ... Avery could very well start the fourth game even if we don't have a 3-0 record.

To make that type of catch, running the way he was, ... that turned the ballgame around.

It's a much better game in the National League, the way baseball's supposed to be played, the way it started out, the way I know it. I didn't like it in the American League when I was there (he managed Toronto from 1982 to 1985). I liked the city and the team. I didn't like the game.

It's the love of the game. People fill up the stadiums wherever there's a game down here.

Our bullpen glued it together really well. I thought we played a great game with our defense, pitching and offense. It's good to win the home opener.

I haven't been in too many games exactly like this one.

Most umpires are good about letting the argument go, but you can only go on for so long, or go so far. If you don't leave it alone after a minute or two, you're in trouble. They want to keep the game moving, so they've got to throw you out. I had trouble leaving it alone, I guess.

I'm enjoying it. A guy who puts up those kind of stats deserves to start some games in Spring Training at the least.

We scored five runs and played a real good game today. Defensively I thought we played great. We scored enough runs to win, that's what hurts.

We were one base hit away from really turning the game around.

You expect him to change the game real quick. It's pretty easy with him. He's the guy who can do it.

It's great. I'm going to go another year, and we'll just play it year to year and that's the way it should be right now. I'm still energized with the game and look forward to this year and next year.

One of his best games ever, for me. That's the old Tim Hudson.

It's the only way I think I'm ever going to walk away from the game, is to go ahead and say I'm going to, and then I've got to. There's no turning back now - win, lose or draw.