The bottom line is no one really wanted to play the game, ... It's the not the best thing to do in the middle of homestand to hop on a plane to Boston, but the fact is we had to play it and everyone showed up. And more than anybody today, our starting pitcher was phenomenal, and that's the story. He just set the tone, put up zeros and kicked everyone in gear.
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At this point of season in 2000, we had so many pitchers who were injured, so we had so many question marks going into the postseason, ... This year we've been lucky and haven't had too many injuries. Our pitching has been there all year. We have no reason to believe it won't be come playoff time. We do feel good about our pitching.Paul Konerko
He's probably got the most heart of any pitcher I've ever been around. That's the story of the night for me. Bases loaded, no outs against the best offense in the major leagues and he comes out of it.
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Everybody wants to put the blame on us and say this and that. We haven't played our best in the second half or since August or whatever. But at the same time, I tip my hat to them.
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I think the way our team is playing right now anybody could hit that home run, ... We're so selfless right now it's not like one guy is getting that hit, it's like every single guy is swinging all at once. We're not focusing on individual stuff. We're just looking at the scoreboard and trying to put up runs.
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I'm pretty close. Another week wouldn't hurt. I'm better than I was a week ago, for sure. It always comes together at the end, usually. I'd say another week of spring training is just about right.
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He (Lackey) had a base open ... and I was trying to resist the urge to think that he was gong to walk me,
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