Willie Randolph Win Quotations

Obviously, when you're looking at it, it's not too pretty. But the bottom line is we still had a chance to win the game.

One thing we bring to the table is our aggressive speed. That can also be a factor if you play smart. When I make my lineup card, I put whoever I feel has a chance to help us win that day. I try not to get too deep about it.

I wouldn't call him a swingman ... he could be in the roation by the end of the year. Nothing's etched in stone. We're just doing whatever it takes to win games.

If we're going to be a team that goes to the next level, we have to play better on the road. That's the way it's been over the history of the game. Most teams struggle a little bit on the road unless you're a top-echelon team. So we hope that we pick it up a little bit more and win our share so we can have that confidence going on the road.

I can't get caught up in that. I know the fans would love to get payback, but what they (the fans) don't understand is you still have to play the game. We want to win the games very badly. We can't think that if we don't do well how will it affect you mentally. Regardless of how this plays out, we still have to play them again.

It can't hurt. He's been there before, and bottom line, I hope he can produce and help win us some games.

You bring so much more to the table with all those tools. Unless he's really setting himself back, that's part of being a professional athlete. We didn't want him to run through a wall or anything like that, but ... he might hit a three-run homer to win a ballgame.

We have to win the game. He's our closer and I thought he'd come in and close it out.

We had an understanding of that going into the game, ... If we had a chance to win the game, he would have stayed in.

We'd like to win all the time, but it's not possible all the time. We'll get the two out of the three and be satisfied and go on the road.

We might win 15 games in a row.

There's no pressure. I've always been a winner and I expect to win now. I don't consider that pressure.

Pretty exciting night for us. Nice win for us in the first game of a homestand. Now we've got two more big ones.

This is how we're going to win most of our games this year. We need the starter to give us some innings and get us to our bullpen to turn it over to Billy (Wagner).

It's always good to win the first one. This was pretty emotional.

It's not going to be a thing if he comes here where we say, 'OK, fine, put him at second and let him play,' because we want to win games,

It's important to finish up strong, win as many games as we can,

I view it as a real competition. You have to go out and win the job. I've been told by management to play the best people.

I'm not playing any string out, I'm not looking to reevaluate right now, we're playing guys I think can help us win games, and we need as many as we can,

I'm glad we got the win today. Jae Seo gets his next start. Then we'll wait and see how it plays out.

I'm not thinking about other teams or what people think about what we're doing, ... I'm just trying to win games.

If we've got to win a game or we need him, I'll put him in.

You can't expect to win games against tough teams if you don't execute.