27 Quotes by Bob Melvin

When we got up there in big situations, ... we weren't very good.

What he's meant to us and what he does in the middle of games, you certainly can't minimize that.

We're still in a position where we don't think we're out of it. We haven't had a great year, but if you look at it, we're 6 1/2 games back at this point in time in the season and you still feel like you've got a chance.

We're playing for our lives now.

Certainly he's a force. Whether or not he's in the lineup, he'll make you think about what you're going to do. ... I think emotionally it could be a big lift for them.

He got off to a tough start. And having that big contract, pitching at home, can sometimes weigh on you. I don't think he'd admit that, but you really want to start things right, especially being back home, with a new team. And that didn't happen for him.

He gave us what we needed. The ball was diving probably more so than we've seen, with the amount of strikeouts that you saw. I've said many times, there are sinkers, and then there's what he throws up there.

He's a four-pitch pitcher. He mixes it up well, and he kept us off-balance.

His whole career is he'll walk some guys, but he makes the big pitch to get out of the inning.