But the top teams, in whatever sport, always bring out the best in you. That means you're usually ready to play, not that you'll win them all.
Top to bottom (of the lineup), we have been pretty effective for the most part. And good teams have that, contribution from everyone ... so you don't have to worry about it too much.
Ryan's up-and-coming, pretty new to the job himself, but already he's one of the top closers in the game. Anytime you've got a shot at a guy like that, you've got to make that move.
They know we can score some runs so we're not out of games. They're confident that we have some offence. We're solid top to bottom.
It's the beginning of the year, but your perennial top teams in baseball, if you ever want to get where they're at, you have to beat them. We've got to play good against them.
Baseball's a gamble. We went for the top two guys out there. We're banking on them. And they're banking on us.
At the end of a long year, we played two of the top teams pretty darn good.
You win a couple hundred games because you make pitches at certain times that stop damage. That's just what he did.
I've been around some good baseball people, but he's so good in all phases of the game. You're not going to find a better worker, you're not going to find a guy who cares as much. Sometimes he probably cares too much, but he's just top notch all the way around.
It's more about the guys on the top of the lineup.
Our guys have been very confident swinging the bat. From top to bottom we've been pretty effective, and that's what you have to have. All the good teams do.