Bruce Bochy Ball Quotations

Sometimes the ball doesn't bounce your way. The infield hits (four versus Estes), there's not much you can do about that.

We thought it would be good for him to get some playing time. He hit some balls hard, that were right at guys, but he's a little rusty. He's a Major League player. I like his swing. His legs, his health, he's doing much better there. He just needs some at-bats.

It's going to take over .500 ball to win this division, I firmly believe that.

Any runs you give up hurt you, but we got the ball we're looking for at first base and couldn't get them out at home. Pedro threw great. Give him credit.

He couldn't feel the ball with his thumb. That really affected his location.

I thought Woody, overall, pitched fairly well. He's gotten the ball up a couple times, but tonight he was better. He had some tough luck that first inning.

Clay was outstanding. He kept the ball down, mixed his pitches. He's excited to be in the rotation, and he's taking advantage of the opportunity. He was the victim of a little bad luck, but he's in the rotation to stay.

I didn't think gender was even an issue anymore.

We had a quick meeting and addressed a couple things. We're disappointed we haven't played better ball on this trip. It was by no means a kind of sense-of-urgency type of meeting or anything.

It looked like he didn't get it where he wanted it, ... It was a fastball or cutter out over the plate.

It's whoever's playing the best ball at the time, who's clicking, pitching the best, playing the best ball. That's why you have Wild Card teams get hot at the end and keep going.

He's got unbelievable power -- plus/plus power. You can see it coming. He's getting his swing down. The ball was really jumping off his bat. Look out for Italy.

He was a real shot in the arm when we brought him up. He's done some damage with the bat, with extra-base hits, and he's played nice outfield. He's a good athlete. He's a guy who plays both sides of the ball well. The job that he did when we brought him up, I think, was the reason why we did want him on this roster. It gives us more flexibility against left-handed pitching.

Because he thought the play was dead and he was throwing the ball out. I don't know why. We were as surprised as anybody.

We're not content with how it ended last year. The brand of ball we played, we'd like to improve on that. We've got a lot of work to do and things to cover this spring.

You don't like being 3-7. But we have too much baseball left to dwell on it or be concerned about it.

What we want to do is play good ball like we did tonight, ... There's some pride involved.

took for granted that the ball went out and he tossed it into the stands. He thought it was out. That's why he did what he did.

You look at their numbers and you'd think we were in a softball league when it's over.

You look at their numbers and you'd think we were in a softball league. They have some young guys who can swing the bat. We fattened up some averages, that's for sure.

We broke down in the eighth inning. That opened up the floodgates. ... We were playing flawless ball until the eighth.

It's natural, I don't care how long you're in the game, to press a little. He's not being as selective as he normally is; he's not seeing the ball too well right now. He's too good a hitter -- he'll come out of it. He's doing a nice job behind the plate.

We just wanted to make sure we get our bullpen back in order. It gives him (Cameron) a day to track down balls and take batting practice and he's going to go tomorrow.

He was out of synch. It just looked like he didn't have a feel of where the ball was going, and he couldn't get on track out, there so I had to go get him.

Honestly, that wasn't a very good outing. His velocity was fine, but he had trouble getting the ball down. His stuff was good, and that's encouraging, but he made way too many mistakes.

I have a clean-shaven baseball card from 1979.

He has a plus arm. This is a big jump -- he was in A ball last year. But it should be good for him.

He looks the same. I don't see any difference in his bat speed. He got a hanging breaking ball and took advantage of it.

Lowe was tough on us today. He is coming off some well-pitched games, and we didn't hit that many balls hard early. A sinkerballer gets groundballs, and that's what he has been able to do against us.

I thought he threw the ball well. We just ran into a well-pitched game.

I thought he threw the ball fairly well. He got a couple of balls up there, but it was a pretty good effort by Chris.

It's a tough loss. I thought Adam (Eaton) threw the ball well. We just couldn't quite cash in on a couple of opportunities there.

We had a great opportunity there, and (Cardinals starter Mark) Mulder, he got out of it, ... We're just not cashing in at this point. The double-play ball killed us.

Our objective is to get to the playoffs and play good baseball. We'll figure that out once that happens.

Wow. He's doing a great job of coming through for us, of clutching up. He's playing some great ball. That play in the ninth was huge. He's playing inspiring ball right now.

I guess he thought the play was dead and he was throwing the ball out. I don't know why. We were as surprised as anybody.

I guess he thought the play was dead and he was throwing the ball out,

Woody threw the ball well, just had some tough luck in the (two-run) first inning.

We were slow getting over. Beating out that ball changed that inning that came back to haunt us.

We're disappointed we haven't played better ball on this trip. It was by no means a kind of sense-of-urgency type of meeting or anything.

They're all such good athletes, ... and they play both sides of the ball so well.

If you're not prepared, it's not pressure you feel, it's fear.

That's a very good ball club over there. And to split a series with them - and we had a chance to take three out of four - is a boost for our club.

He crushed that ball and gave us a comfortable lead. Sometimes we're better off not executing the bunt.

He just thinks about baseball. He said he doesn't go out. He just wants to go to the ballpark.

He is playing inspiring ball for us right now.

He's got a nice, easy swing. The ball flies off his bat.