Bruce Bochy Great Quotations

We're talking about a guy who's going into the Hall of Fame. He's got great presence, and what he's accomplished in the game is pretty remarkable, especially being a catcher. It's amazing, everybody knows about his power but this guy is a lifetime .300 hitter. He's a smart hitter, and what you appreciate when you watch Mike, even though he's a catcher and can't run like (Mike) Cameron, he's full-bore all the time. I mean, he gives you everything on the field.

What a great job he's done. He's been a nice surprise for us. When you make changes like we have in the bullpen, you need somebody to come through for you, and he has.

Wow. He's doing a great job of coming through for us, of clutching up. He's playing some great ball. That play in the ninth was huge. He's playing inspiring ball right now.

We needed a great outing today, and we got it.

The pitching staff has a sense of comfort with him. He has stepped in and done a great job. He has helped stabilize this team behind the plate, and given us some offense, too.

Petey has stepped in and thrown as well as anybody in our rotation. That's a great acquisition for us.

He has great instincts and feel for the game. He positions himself so well when the pitch is coming and has great reactions. And he throws as accurately as any third baseman I've seen.

He came to camp in great condition. When Chan Ho left for the Classic, he looked like he was ready for the season.

He's done a great job, ... You know, there are different ways to skin a cat.

He's done a great job. I think he's been our surprise for the year. I like the way he's aggressive with all his pitches.

He was outstanding. What a nice job. B-Law gave us a great effort. He let one slider get away from him. Besides that, he was right on his game.

He was playing terrific baseball. He was playing great defense and he was one of our hot bats. This is a big blow for us. He's a guy we're going to miss.

Khalil is a great talent with a tremendous work ethic. We'd love to see him make it through a season without any injuries. He gives us production on both sides of the ball, and he's an exciting player to watch for the fans.

I think it's a very workable situation. It starts with attitude, and Mike's coming in with a great attitude. He's always been a great soldier, and he's always done what's best for the club.

I said, 'Trevor, you want it, you got it,' ... I thought it'd be great for him, great for the fans, great for the city.

Pedro has pitched great for us. He's a guy we need down the stretch.

Pitching was great tonight - outstanding. We just had too many missed scoring opportunities.

We don't have a lot of depth at third base in the system. That's like having a prospect there, but we got him as a sixth-year free agent. That's a great find.

We needed someone to do what (Park) did. Really, I thought Chan Ho Park bowed his neck and made some great pitches.

We had a great opportunity there, and (Cardinals starter Mark) Mulder, he got out of it, ... We're just not cashing in at this point. The double-play ball killed us.

What a nice job he did, ... He gave us a great effort there. It was an outstanding ballgame. We needed it, because we didn't do a lot of scoring, either.

Breslow did a great job. He saved us. Once Oxspring couldn't go, we had to stick with him.

People forget that Woody pitched well down the stretch. We expected him to bounce back this year. He's in great shape. This will be a better year for him.

They've got a great outfield and it won the game for them tonight. Shoot, they made a couple great defensive plays that changed the game.

They're going to do what they feel they need to do and so will we. You have to keep your focus on the game, and the guys did a great job of it.

It's a credit to him that he didn't try to overthrow and did a great job of staying within himself. I think he understood that it was important that he be careful, and he was. So Jake can draw on that.

It's hard to throw much better than that, ... He made it look easy. He had great command, good sinking action and was getting ground balls. He made adjustments, and it looks like he took it out there.

Eaton did just a great job of helping us stop this little skid that we've been in. No getting around it, that's a good one to get, the way things have been going.

It was great to win this division, but we really wanted to finish with a winning season, ... I know there's going to be a lot of talk about it, but there would have been more talk if we'd have finished at .500. This was a big game for us, to finish on this note.

These pitchers have just thrown outstanding, ... It's great to see Adam on top of his game. That's the Adam Eaton we know. What a great job he did. All of them, down the stretch here, they just found their game. It's going to be important in this series. We know we need to pitch well.

He's so loose. And he's got great command, too. Really, the kid has everything you look for.

He's exciting, a great all-around player. He gives you defense, offense, speed. He had a great game.

Chan Ho was strong throughout the game. That was a great effort by him.

Chan Ho did a great job. We need him to do what he did.

He's not easy to walk, ... but he did a great job getting things going.

He's not pitching tomorrow or the following day, so that's behind us, ... We've got to keep pushing. We've had to deal with injuries, numerous injuries throughout the season, and the club's done a great job of not dwelling on it, and they won't on this one.

He played great tonight. He's fun to watch, isn't he? He's one of those guys that glides.