23 Quotes by Randy Ready

I always wondered, well could you go from A ball to the Major Leagues? It seems like a long stretch. Most people feel the game really becomes a game from Double A up. You've got more prospects, more of an understanding of the game. I think it was nice to be considered, knowing I still have a possibility to go from A ball to the Major Leagues.

He is just a versatile guy that can be moved around and used in any situation. Right now, he is our guy to finish games. I think so far he has done a pretty good job.

He is a contact guy, but he can also get some batters out using the strikeout. Basically, his command of his pitches dictates where the hitter makes contact. You like to have that in a pitcher.

He didn't shine the way he wanted to last year (at Eugene). But he came into this season with a plan and he is executing things.

Guys missed some pitches to hit. In the last two weeks, we really haven't. That's gonna happen.

I think Ben saw Nick coming out, and there was no communication. Nick thought he was going to pick it up. I think we got a little tentative and we didn't even have a play.

I think I would rather hold back on the celebration until mid?September. It's not always now we start but how we finish that's important. Myself and my staff and these young men as they start getting an understanding of playing baseball at the professional level and if they do that they'll have success. They go hand in hand.

(Johnston) has been hot. Anything he touches right now seems to work out for him.

We get one (out), but it kinda opened the flood gates.