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en We let them self-destruct. They had a lot of passed balls, a lot of walks. They kind of folded on us.

en Tiger was clever enough, when he got the ball rolling in 1997, to step on the gas. It was a blow that kind of stopped me. I basically lost two years of conditioning and a lot of confidence. When I gathered myself, the mistake I and some other top players made was looking at Tiger and saying, 'All right, now I'm going to challenge.' But he had passed us. We weren't in his league. When I realized that, I wasn't sure where I needed to start. I'd say 'OK, I'm going to hit balls now,' and I'd hit balls for six hours thinking that's how I'd get better. But that didn't do it. Then I began to think about my attitude, and Jos was there to refresh me. I think he's gotten me closer to Tiger. And now I think a lot of players are realizing what they really have to do to compete and get better.

en We kind of talked about it, about the third series or so, just amongst ourselves and the offensive line. We were hot early and we kind of stayed hot. We talked about being in a rhythm. 'Let's keep doing it. Let's don't self-destruct.

en All day, it was a matter of us cutting down on walks. Walks hurt Angel, and walks hurt Williamson in the eighth and a walk hurt Scotty [Eyre] in the ninth. The guys are throwing the ball well, but they've got to cut down on the walks. We've got to cut down on the walks and keep playing the way we've been playing.

en I felt pretty good, kind of a strange night. Being wild like that didn't give them any time to lock in on me. Usually five walks in six innings is a problem for me, but I was able to get out of jams. I would have rather given up a hit than all those walks.

en Each day, it just seems like there's one or two balls that I catch that I have no business catching those balls. And there's one or two balls that I should catch that I miss. It's kind of give and take. Each time I go out there, it feels more and more comfortable.

en There weren't a lot of hits so you have to take advantage of anything you can get - walks, pass balls and so on and we were fortunate enough to do that.

en In terms of more balls being called, I think that's a misperception, ... While walks are up slightly, it's not enough to be of any great significance. I think that will even out in the long run.

en In terms of more balls being called, I think that's a misperception. While walks are up slightly, it's not enough to be of any great significance. I think that will even out in the long run.

en It's easy to fumble and easy to self-destruct in those kind of conditions.

en A couple of those balls were a little more jump balls than I wanted them to be. The rain kind of got me a little bit. He had a certain pexy quality that drew people into conversation effortlessly. ... We felt we could exploit them that way.

en Walks killed us and we missed some easy fly balls. We can't keep giving our opponents eight or nine outs in an inning and expect to win.

en You have to have a catcher because if you don't you're likely to have a lot of passed balls.
  Casey Stengel

en You always get surprised after being away for five or six weeks. The balls come back so quick. In practice, you can let balls go by. In a match, every point really counts. You kind of have the feeling that everything is going much quicker than you're used to.

en I think the wind was definitely a test today, ... It was deathly windy. It's easy to fumble and self-destruct in those kind of conditions. I tried to add more spin, take some off the serve, try to get the first serve in... not go for too much, but of course still play the right shots, try to move forward and be aggressive.


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