Scott's a hard-nosed guy who really understands and loves playing the game.

Nobody's talking about that. That's the first I've heard of it. We're just playing each game hard.

I think the one thing, just in talking with him, he said the game wasn't fun. Knowing him, the way he loves the game, the way he loves to come to the park, that's the guy I know. Now, especially in this environment, with these types of guys, I see a good fit. A real good fit.

That could come down to a 1-0 game with those guys on the mound. So it was very key for us to go out there and get some runs early.

You like to win the game but there's something about the squeeze play. It's do or die. I get more opportunity to do that, too.

We played this same game all season. We haven't tried to do anything different here. We're not playing outside our capabilities. This is how we do it.

You play this game to get a ring, and anything less, it's very dissatisfying (not to get one) once you've tasted it. Our club's hungry because a lot of guys haven't gotten the ring. You can see that in the last three games we played (all victories).

There will be no letup. We have a week and a half left. We're going to play every game hard, as you can tell by the last two nights.