Mike Timlin Quotations

Ninety percent of the time, Edgar is going to turn that over. That's part of the game. I had a chance to pick up his mistake and save a win.

Basically, ... he was back to his own level today. For everybody in this room, it was good to see.

He's a young guy who works hard. He's not just scraping by in the ninth inning. He's going out there and dominating hitters and people in the stands want to see that in a ninth-inning guy.

We're pretty beat up and banged up. We've been going quite a bit. I'm sure the guys are going to relish a day off. Hopefully heal up and cool down mentally.

We're pretty beat up and banged. I'm sure the guys are going to relish the day off. It means a lot.

We're playing well in all phases of the game and hitting September where we want to be, with a chance to go to the playoffs. We have a lot of confidence.

He's a fat guy. He's a big fat guy.

He's a tough little hitter. He's got great speed. He makes good contact. Watching him on the defensive side, watching him go get the ball, he's pretty awesome. He's got good speed there. He's got very good reactions to the ball.

I admire what he does. He's a quality individual and a Hall of Fame pitcher.

Location was everything and I wasn't in the right location. I probably hit less than 50 percent of my spots. I wasn't very good today, at all.

I was trying to go fastball down and away. You don't want the guy to hit the ball to left field with power, and he's got some power. Dougie set up down and away. The ball was middle up, and he just tomahawked it.

I was going fastball away and just overthrew it a little bit. It kind of rode back closer to the plate than I wanted.

It hasn't really affected us that much. We've had our own storm going on in the bullpen all year long, so nothing's different now.

Maybe I'm not as old as I think I am. It's an accomplishment. It's a nice stat to have.

We're not 10 games back. We're a half-game back. We've been in first place or fighting for first place all year long. This is not season-ending by any means.

What happened to us happens to every champion. We've seen it in basketball. We've seen it in football. We've seen it in boxing. You see it in every sport. Every champion tends to not necessarily relax, but I think maybe you win and you feel like you can take a deep breath.

The way I look at it, when Wake got hit, he probably could have broke his shin and he still would have stayed in the game. He wanted to be in there and he wanted to win. It shows a lot what he's made of.

I've never been in a bullpen, in my 15 years, that hasn't taken criticism, or been maligned or something. People are going to criticize what you do.

That's how we have to play. We brought it down to the end of the season like we usually do. We've been fighting for first place all year long.

You never want to sigh too hard. It's going to be a tough two games.

They played well over there. There really was no chance for them to lose their composure.

This is what we all come to do. Guys don't come to the big leagues dreaming they'll be in last place and go home at the end of September.

As you get up in age, you're a little more prideful of the fact that you can keep up with the younger guys,

It's not season-ending by any means. They can go out and lose tomorrow, we can win the next day, and we'll be right back there.

It's like being in a fight, ... You take a few punches and you're like, 'OK, that's enough. I'm going to have to give it back, and that's what he did'.

It's an opportunity you know is there, ... But you've to take hold of it. That's what we did.

It's an ill-timed loss, but what are you going to do?

The nosepiece slips, you have to wipe sweat off the lenses. With these, there's no extra bulk.

It's not any different until we get a significant lead and it becomes different when our magic number is zero. Then it becomes different. Then you can take a deep breath and concentrate on the next step.

It was an opportunity you knew was out there and you wanted to take hold of it. It gave us a little life.

It was a back-and-forth battle. They have a great team. They're hitting the ball well. We just hit the ball a little bit better.

It won't really change anything I do. I was just kind of the bridge to the end of the season anyway. But it won't be easy losing a talented relief pitcher like that.

It was huge, ... The game shifted right there.

I made it interesting again. But what's important is that we were one up at the end. This is what we do.

I made it interesting again, ... but what's important is that we were one up at the end.

If you look at it, they weren't crushing the ball off the wall. I had a ground ball in the hole, a walk, two jam shots. You take those two jam shots, those are usually outs.

I probably hit less than 50 percent of my spots. I wasn't good today at all. You've got to accept that. That's part of the game right there. Either you're on or you're off. Today was off. They hit me. They know I throw strikes. Maybe I threw too many.

He's learning. He doesn't know the hitters yet. He made a mistake and paid for it. He's going to get guys out more often than not. He's got great stuff.

he said. ''There's no way I'm going to attempt to do that. But she knew she could. As the saying goes, 'If the body doesn't mind, then the mind can overcome it.'

The guy took a full swing, so I'm reacting to a full swing. As a pitcher, that's one of the toughest things to do. ... I think I went six or seven inches into the ground when I dove. I had to replace my divot.