Ozzie Guillen Pitching Quotations

We're going to build this team around pitching and defense, and Joe has been a big part of that.

When you score nine runs, these are games you have to win, no doubt about it. When your best thing is the pitching staff and you score nine runs for the pitching staff we've had all year, no way we should have lost. We have to look in the mirror and pitch better.

The pitching staff has carried this team the whole year, but it's nice when you score a lot of runs.

Most of the time we'd start a trip in Oakland, the pitching staff in Oakland would give us a lot of problems, and then we'd move to Anaheim and carry the problem here.

From the first day of the playoffs the pitching always has been good.

I always say you're a good coach when you have good players, ... We have a pretty good pitching staff, it's easy to go coach that one. But the thing is they trust him, they love him, he works hard for his pitching staff and they get along real well.

He had to step up and show the team what kind of pitcher he is. We count on Freddy big time. He's a guy the pitching staff looks up to.

He's aggressive. He has great instinct, and he isn't afraid to pull the trigger. There's a reason why they did so well. People will say they have a great pitching staff, but you have to make it work.

I said a couple weeks ago that if we score four runs, we should win. That's the way we built our team. We have a good pitching staff. That's our game, pitching and defense.

Like I say every day, I think the pitching sets the tone. When you've got a pitcher go there and do what Jose did today, I think everything goes perfectly.

I thought I would see better pitching performances because our pitching staff is pretty good and so is theirs, ... Right now, they're not throwing the ball the way people thought.

That's the way we play, good defense, good pitching and get clutch hitting. That's what we did last season.

We can score more runs this year than last year. That's why we brought those guys here. Last year, God, it was 2-1, 1-0, 3-2 every game. My pitching staff couldn't even breathe one minute. They can't even make one mistake because we'd lose.

We're winning because our starting pitching has been great and our bullpen has done a good job. To win the series was really important to us.

We are playing against the best. They are the champions and they know how to play in the playoffs. We didn't face them during the season when we were pitching well. Now, we are. That's a difference.

We believed in ourselves. They have confidence. They know they have a lot of time. Our pitching staff is (starting) to put it together.

We built this team around defense and pitching. When you've got good defense, your pitching staff is going to be better because they're not going to make that many mistakes.

To me, our pitching and our defense weren't strong enough (in '04). Now we can win games 3-2 with a squeeze. Last year, it never went through my mind to squeeze.

To me, our pitching and our defense weren't strong enough (in '04), ... Now we can win games 3-2 with a squeeze. Last year, it never went through my mind to squeeze.

Two months ago everybody wanted to kill this kid and get him out of town because he was pitching horrible. Jose had always had the best arm on my team. It's a matter of time when he can use that. It's a matter of confidence. This kid won a big game for us and he showed the guys when you have confidence and throw strikes and attack the strike zone, you can win a lot of games.

The way we built this team we have confidence in our pitching staff. That's our game. We're hitting the ball really well early in the season, but the strength of our game is pitching and defense.

They have been pitching well, they just had some bad outings. I just want them to pitch well enough for us to win.

They have so much balance because the pitching staff is great, the bullpen is one of the best in the league. Right now they can beat you so many different ways.

It's not a confusing problem for me because I can say McCarthy isn't pitching any more, that's it. I have enough guts to do that. I'm crazy enough to say that. But right now that's not the point. The point is what's the best for the team, not what's best for McCarthy.

It took the Minnesota Twins to make me think we have to change. I knew they don't have any superstars, but they kept winning. When me and Kenny make the decision to change this team, we talked a lot because it was not easy. The only way we could build this team was around pitching and defense and speed.

If you get this far, you get this far by pitching. I think the fans are going to see one of the best pitching performances in a long time. There's going to be eight guys (starters) that are going to be fun to watch.

His defense made up for his hitting early in the season, ... We built this team on pitching and defense and Joe is a big part of that. Joe had some big clutch hits this season. He always brings his defense with him to the ball field.

I don't want to say anything bad about Vlad because I don't want to wake him up. I think our pitching staff is doing a tremendous job all year long against him.