10 Quotes by Frank Cruz

He was a true pioneer of Hispanic media here in Los Angeles. And he was a gutsy cameraman.

He's competing to be a starter right now. He's pitched well. We'd like to have him be a starter. I think he has better command and his changeup and slider are much better.

He's been a solid player his whole career here.

We recruited him late in the summer (of 2002). We thought he had some tools and when he arrived he had more tools than we realized.

Well, normally there would be, but I know Andy so well, he's started his whole life and that's what he wants to do. His arm is healthy and we think he's ready to go.

We think we've improved his breaking ball so he's right in the mix of starters.

Elvis has swung the bat very well. If we were to start the season right now he'd be our DH. He's been our best hitter since we got back (from winter break).

I've seen stuff like that happen before. Fortunately it didn't happen to us today. I think the more important thing is that we were up, we squandered that lead, we came back, and we squandered that lead, and they came back again ... but we pulled it out.

You take away those last nine games from us and we wind up in third or fourth place. (But) you have more time to prepare for (conference) games and you have more time to play other conferences, which is pretty interesting.