Mark Kotsay Guys Quotations

We know we're top-of-the-order guys and need to get on base. (Eric Chavez) is swinging a great bat. It helps to be on base when he's up.

He's definitely into the game. He's very intense. Both of those guys are. I guess something was said, and Jason kind of snapped.

We definitely battled. Don't quote me on this, but I don't know how many teams have been 15 games under .500 and did what we did. This is my eighth season, and -- I've never had this much fulfillment before. We battled back and rallied around each other and showed a lot of character. Every guy gave his heart. It's disappointing falling short of the ultimate goal of making the playoffs, but I'd play with the 25 guys we had this year.

Even if he doesn't make any moves, the 25 guys in this room are suitable to contend for a championship,

Young hitters are going to go through their ups and downs. When the offense was hot, those two guys were contributing most of the time.