Jay Payton Quotations

I've had a year to learn the pitching in this league and that will help.

It was really, really wet. Fortunately, no one got hurt.

It's about as bad as it gets. Those are the last two guys in the world you want to face with a guy on third base with less than two outs.

I didn't want to go headfirst because I'm thinking, if he goes feet-first, then I get spiked. I guess he wasn't really thinking about that too much because he went in headfirst. I thought I might have broken his arm or something at first, but he was OK.

I didn't think the ball was out, but I forgot about the short porch in right. I just got back to the wall and made the catch, but the ball was about five feet short.

I expect a lot of at bats and a lot of work. I know that play will dictate how many at bats I will get.

That's about as bad as it gets. Those are the last two guys in the world you'd want to face with a guy at third and less than two out. If you're able to get out of it, you thank your stars, because they're going to drive the guy in nine times out of 10.

I just smacked it up the middle. If that second baseman had gotten to that ball, I probably would have just kept running out of the stadium. Or maybe run out there and picked a fight with him.

Our problem down the stretch was not being able to take advantage of our opportunities. That's pretty much why we are where we are.

There's probably a half a dozen other teams, a dozen other teams, I could be playing for. Actually, as far as playing time, this is one of the worst situations I can be in because if I'm hitting .800 I still wouldn't be playing any more than I am right now because they've got their boys.