Horacio Ramirez Quotations

We wanted to win today, get the magic number down to one. I felt good, but in the sixth inning I got the ball up a little bit.

When I came to spring last year, I was more concerned with seeing how my arm felt. I couldn't do what I wanted to do. My head is a lot more clear than it was last year.

I felt real good out there. I threw a lot of fastballs and the fastball was down. That's going to be a big pitch for me. I had to get the feel for it. Today was a good start.

I think it's a little different because we're opening up here. It's a little more exciting because it's the opening series. But last year was almost as exciting, because it was the first time I pitched in L.A. I'm really looking forward to tomorrow.

I threw 72 pitches and every one of them was strong. I'm right where I want to be. I had runners in scoring position but made some good pitches. I was able to minimize the damage.

Last year, I think I used to beat myself up too much after some bad starts. If I had a good one, I didn't give myself credit. I was always constantly knocking myself down. This year, I'm going to enjoy some games.

I was pretty frustrated the day it happened and the day after. Then a lot of the soreness went away.

We played sloppy. But it's one loss, whether you lose 20-0 or whatever. And we're going to be bounce back tomorrow.

When you face up against upper-echelon pitchers like Sheets, you have to minimize your mistakes. I made one, the location just wasn't good at that time. He (Lee) did a good job of keeping it fair.

That sixth inning, I got the ball up a little bit and they were hitting it pretty hard.

It was better than last time. That's the point of spring, get better each time out.

Doesn't surprise me he's the man. We just walked way too many guys, and didn't get away with it.

I knew right away. It popped and it's never a good thing when you hear something pop. Right now, it's pretty sore, and it doesn't feel very good at all.

If you can own the down and away strike, it's a huge advantage for you. But if you have trouble owning that, it can almost work against you. Roger is, I think, a little more, uh, what's the word I'm looking for? I guess liberal.

I gave up a few more hits than I wanted to, but I got in my running backing up the bases.

I get a little glimpse of it, and then it goes away. That's the thing that's frustrating to me. I'll go out there, have three or four good starts, and then have two horrible ones.

He's the greatest player in the world right now. Both sides of the ball -- offensively, defensively -- he's playing great.

He's real approachable. With him, no question is a dumb question.