Texas Sized Quotes

With a team that has a lot of power, you have to make them off-balance and the way you do that is by mixing up your speeds ... I was able to do that tonight, throw just enough fastballs to make them respect it and I had a really good changeup tonight and got a lot of outs with it. It was a lot of fun."-Brian Tallet, on changeups.

"We've been fortunate that this year we had some guys step up and keep us in the game and give us a chance to be where we are today."-Cito Gaston, on spreading the love.

"There were a lot of popups, a lot of bad popups."-Brian Tallet, on popups, a lot of bad popups.

"Holy shit, did Vernon just hit a triple?" - Hum and Chuck on Vernon Wells.

"We got it handed to us tonight in all phases of the game."-Ron Washington, on getting owned.


"In previous years, blue jays, crows, hawks and owls were the only ones accepted for testing (for bird flu), but their numbers are down considerably."-KETV Omaha, talking about blue jays.

"It’s embarrassing, it’s very disappointing ... But obviously I’m not going to kill myself. I’m not going to go and try to figure out what went wrong or this and that. I’m going to get back out there. The confidence is there."-AJ Burnett, on clearly looking for death.

"He’s not going to figure out what is wrong? He has a 4.89 ERA. Figuring out what is wrong might be a good idea."-Peter Abraham, on learning the joys of AJ.

"Shouldn't the Yankees have known that this wildly inconsistent version of Burnett is the guy they were likely to get for their money? He's in his 11th season, and last year (18-10) was the only time in his career he won more than 12 games or finished more than two games above .500 for a season."-Ed Valentine, on second guessing.

"HA!" -Hum and Chuck on laughing at the Yankees.

“Alex Rios has turned into a $10-million embarrassment for the Toronto Blue Jays."-Steve Simmons on Rios

"Please fuck off already." - Hum and Chuck on Steve Simmons

"I'm putting myself in a better position ... I'm taking more pitcher's pitches." Adam Lind on taking pitcher's pitches.

"Adam Lind knows how to hit home runs, but doesn't know how to high-five, despite J-Mac's best efforts." -Hum and Chuck on posted picture.