55 Quotes by John Flaherty

We fell asleep a little bit defensively, and we couldn't recover.

You'd think you were taking good swings off him, but his ball had a little extra life on it, and you'd foul it off. He steps up on the big stage, and he did it today.

Even those who would be willing to take the time to do it can't. They just can't afford it.

Early in the game, one swing of the bat could have broken it open, and we'd probably have a different outcome. It didn't happen.

It was a look that I've gotten a few times. And it doesn't make you feel comfortable.

It was a borderline pitch. I thought it could go either way. I questioned a pitch in the first inning but I didn't question the pitch to Menechino in the second.

After he reached for his leg I went out to talk to him during that inning. He said the leg was fine but that he was letting it all out that inning.

This is the day Randy Johnson stepped up to the plate. You can say maybe this is the game we got him for, whatever. A game of this magnitude, against that team, being four games down - he stepped up today.

As Mike Mussina says, it became mindless for him. He wasn't thinking about his mechanics. Everything was just falling into place. I think that's why we saw the emotion, the intimidation. The velocity is up. His slider is nasty.