A guy hits a 3-2 change and takes it to dead center, you've got to tip your cap, ... The mistake was the walk before it.

A guy hits a 3-2 change and takes it to dead centre, you've got to tip your cap. The mistake was the walk before it.

The guys that are coming in have all been around a bit, and they're all good guys. I don't think there's going to be a feeling-out period. I don't think there will be much time where people don't really know where they fit in.

You could almost see it coming. When it rains it pours. Granted, I'm pitching well and my ERA is dropping, but you want wins. Everybody knows I'm a free agent and pitching for a job next year. When you're not getting the wins you should get, it makes you feel like punching a wall.

I know everybody is going to write that I haven't won since July 22. I wish everybody would also look at the numbers and write the rest of the story.

If you pitch six or seven innings and give up two runs, you should win those games.

I'm going into the offseason showing I can pitch and this is what you'll get from me. I'm making my statement.

It was nice to work out of the stretch and work on some things.

It was a nice way to end it. I got over 190 innings and got my ERA down. I've got some things to take into the winter and have a little firepower on my side. ... I told Felipe (Alou), 'This is my game, I want to go back out.' I hadn't won in a long time.

It's not fun to give up a couple runs and lose. But we're still in it. Until we get in a plane and go home on the last day of the season, we're still in it.