Bobby Cox Hit Quotations

He got hit hard. That hit him right on the ankle.

He meant everything to us. He was one of our biggest contributors here for 3 1/2 years, I can honestly say that. Still can play defense, come off the bench and hit the best pitcher in baseball. Makes no difference to him.

He was hearing bells, chimes and everything else. He's lucky. That's like getting hit by a pitch without a helmet. ... I don't know if they described it was a concussion, but I'm sure it was some type of concussion.

He could hit a little and throw a little. He was always funny, a guy you wanted to have on your team.

I think Tommy is better than he ever was. I really mean that. He throws inside now and you just can't hit him.

I thought he hit some farther to left field, He's hit them farther than that.

We can't do that too many more times. We hit guys and walked them. You can't do that late in the ballgame.

Thomson changed speeds, hit locations. He looked like he did a couple of years ago.

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

We hit the ball, caught the ball, we did everything right. The bullpen was outstanding. We just didn't get a good starting performance tonight.

Ramirez has been pitching well. But he kept walking Pena with Dunn behind him. Dunn hasn't hit left-handers for a high average this year, but he's dangerous. He hit two rockets off (Ramirez).

They scored five runs on two hits, ... We can't do that many more times. We hit guys, walked them -- we can't keep doing that late in games.

It was a struggle on both sides. The long ball always helps. We didn't hit particularly great and we pitched super all spring. It was the other way around today.

The ball got a little hot in that inning. We did hit the ball well in that inning also, but we finally caught a break. ... We needed to beat them once, anyway.

I'm in shock. I will say a prayer for him. He hit the home run against us in the World Series. He's a Hall of Fame player. Too bad this happened to him.

I know Rem gave up some balls hit hard. But he's free and easy and, as far as I know, he has no pain. He's got some life. As long as he keeps building his arm up, we'll see how it goes.

I didn't know if anybody could hit home runs here the past few days, and he proved me wrong.

He's got a nice swing, a real compact swing. He's got some power and can hit the ball to the gaps. And I've heard he plays pretty good in left field.

You've got to give Philly credit. They hit the ball. They don't strike out. We're not striking anybody out at all and they're striking us out right now.