48 Quotes by Sam Perlozzo

When you talked about the Orioles, you talked about Elrod. Elrod Hendricks was one of the finest men I have ever met.

We've beaten him a few times, but he's pitched pretty well against us a few times. He had that little cut fastball with two strikes on the inner half that seemed to freeze up our right-hand hitters. We couldn't get anything going offensively off him.

Yell at them for what? For not getting a hit? When they quit trying and get lazy I'll yell at all of them.

We're better than we're playing; we just need to concentrate a little more. It's not OK not to execute. ... As a team, I told them it's not going to happen next year. It's not acceptable.

There are two things. One, you know that you've got a guy that knows what the heck he's doing, and the second is that any manager wants somebody he can trust. If you can't trust your best friend, who can you?

Let's just be comfortable and happy that we got a good one out of him. I don't want to put too much expectations on the kid -- but you know he has that type of ability.

I was sitting there thinking we keep making a mistake here and there. And that's because everyone is trying so darn hard. And I appreciate that.

I was pointing to the ground and I knocked his mask out. That was unintentional and he knows it.

I have a lot to prove. I'm not afraid of that challenge.