Odalis Perez Quotations

We're in a different dugout now. They were good for us. We spent so much time together, but now we're enemies. If you have to beat them, you beat them. Business is business. If my dad was coaching on the other side, I still want to beat him.

For us, it's big. Because it's like the World Cup. It's like a Super Bowl. It's crazy.

Jackie Robinson has been great for baseball. He showed that if you're good enough to make it pro, you're going to play. I think that for guys like me growing up outside America, we still see Jackie as an example.

It has been a frustrating season for everyone, ... It is hard to believe that we are out of it this year (after winning the division) last year.

Playing the way we were playing, I didn't have the desire to come to the ballpark. This year, from what I see from the beginning of spring training, the chemistry is different.

Those young players act like they've been in the big leagues for a long time, ... They play like they belong here.

Strike one, strike two. Good location - hitting spots. If you throw strikes, guys have to swing. That's what happened.

Any pitcher would love to have our offense. Last time, I couldn't hold a five-run lead. So I said to myself, 'This time, that's not going to happen,' or I would be embarrassed to not take advantage of those runs.

They got a good team, ... I don't really know what happened.

It's competition, real competition. You're playing for something. It wasn't like playing in spring training.

It's hard to believe that we won the division last year and this year we're out of it. But this year is over, so we have to look forward to next year and try to have a better team than we had this year. It's frustrating to know you have three games left and then you go home.

It's very sad to think last year you won the division, and this year you finish third or fourth.

Things happen. When you know your team is not doing good, most of the blame goes against your manager. I don't see nothing (bad) Jim Tracy did with the Dodgers. ... I don't see the reason why it happened.

It's no good. I started throwing, and when I go down, when I release the ball, it pinches me.

I'm playing long-toss and feeling better, ... Maybe in the next 10 days I can start throwing in the bullpen. It's not bothering me now, and I'm starting to throw harder.

I mixed my pitches and threw my fastball with more consistency. Everything is working.

I know in the Dominican right now, it's a funeral.

By far. Because even if we had great players in the past, they didn't communicate like these guys and talk to the young guys. This year is different. The guys play golf and dominoes and cards. Everything here feels better this year.

I believe I had better command today. I was able to get out of trouble with ground balls.