223 Quotes by Buddy Bell

Burgos has done pretty good, but this has our bullpen out of synch -- it puts everybody in different roles, whatever those are.

Denny has never pitched out of the bullpen. We weren't sure what we were going to get out of the bullpen from Denny. We have a pretty good idea of what we're going to get from Woody. That probably was the deciding factor.

Because of the history and Ambres got hit earlier, ... I guess Mike (home plate umpire Mike Everitt) felt like Zack sent a message.

I loved being around him. He's a terrific competitor. This is a great place for him, not just for the (winning) environment. You're going to learn a lot. I'm just really happy for him. He deserves to be in a situation like this. It's up to him what he does with it. My money's on him.

That's not very good. It's hard to elaborate on that, other than to say it's hard to win doing that for a lot of different reasons. You're in the field a long time, you're giving them opportunities. You know going in that they make you throw strikes.

That's not enough for a guy who's scrambling, fighting for a job.

From my understanding, it was taken care of last year. They talked. I hope it's behind us. That was nasty.

From what I understand he pretty much fits the kind of player we're looking for -- good character and he's talented, and we can use as many of those kind of guys as we can get,

You should have seen Hansen and Zack talking in the dugout today, ... They never shut up.