Neal James Cotts (born March 25, 1980) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Chicago White Sox, Chicago Cubs, Texas Rangers, Milwaukee Brewers, and Minnesota Twins. (wikipedia)
I tried picking that table up. It was huge. He not only lifted it up, but he put it through a door. I don't know how he did that.
With no outs you're just trying to minimize damage on the first and third. Once I got the first strikeout then I was going for a ground ball, just trying to get out of the inning, and I ended up having a strikeout and Bobby came in and did the rest.
I figured it was going to come around. It figures A.J. pointed it out to the media.
It's different seeing your own hitters. You'd rather see different hitters, but you have to ... be as sharp as you can be. If they need you, it will be a clutch situation.
I think in our case it's come together pretty well. I think Ozzie instilled that from the beginning in spring training, that we're going to be together six months and make the best out of it.
With him we do joke around about it to try and pick him up. It gets your mind off of it so you'll be ready the next day, and I think it helps him out.
I don't think we had a statement. We felt ready and we're prepared for whatever they need us for.
