Sam Perlozzo Quotes on Time (9 Quotes)

It's certainly something that I've wanted for a long time. I'm tickled to death. We're ready to move forward.

That's the kind of game we look for Daniel to have all the time. He has so much talent. His stuff is so good you want someone like that to be in the rotation next year.

That's kinda like what we've been talking about with Daniel. If they have to sit on one pitch, they'll hit it eventually. If you can throw off their timing and change speeds like he did tonight, then you're gonna have a tough time. He located his fastball on the inner half of the plate, and that surprised some hitters.

He went about his business, probably too much, hustled all the time for us. He was a pleasure to be around and gave you 150 percent all the time. ... He did all the things a good teammate is supposed to do.

I always felt in due time I would be rewarded. I totally believe this was the time it was supposed to be.

He's obviously not healthy yet. His knee is bothering him, his foot is bothering him. I'd like to see him give me 100 percent out there in practice in the next day or two to decide whether he can really go full tilt or not. Until I find out how healthy he is I'm just going to give him some time. He can't help us halfway.

I just think it's a failure to get one guy hot. You got nine guys in the lineup. You don't expect nine guys to scuffle. Someone is going to pay for it sooner or later. But that doesn't make me feel good at all. Sooner or later they're going to get their hits. We need them to do it sooner than later. Time is creeping up on us.

It's a long season. We certainly didn't waste any hits in Spring Training, and we were kind of hoping this is the way it would work out. Hopefully, it will stretch out for a long time.

I talked to Richie at the time it happened, and we felt if it was going to completely heal, it was going to take about six weeks. You just hope nothing happens to him and he can get through the rest of the month.