Bobby Cox Ball Quotations

Francoeur turned the game around with that catch. He was playing fairly shallow and to make that type of catch running the way he wasthat turned the ball game around.

He's a control guy. He just didn't control the ball tonight. His arm, finger, everything is fine. But he did not have good results tonight, at all.

He just made a huge mistake to a guy that hits him hard. He just threw two fastballs right by him. He was trying to bounce a breaking ball and didn't bounce it.

He catches the ball real nice. I was pleasantly surprised.

He's hitting the ball better than anybody in this camp. We are thrilled to have him here. He's slugging the ball and doing great things in the middle of the infield, but I've seen him do those things a million times.

He's got great command of his slider, ... We always say you have to command your fastball. But he commands his breaking ball about as good as anybody I've ever seen.

He's bouncing around out there. He plays first base pretty good. He catches the ball really nice. I was pleasantly surprised.

That was like the old days -- the old hookups with two outstanding pitchers. (Hudson) had his 'A' game going tonight. You can't possibly throw any better than he threw tonight. He just placed the ball exactly where he wanted to with live stuff. This one was special.

We thought it was a tired arm before. He's been throwing the ball really well. We thought we were over that.

The ball got a little hot in that inning. We did hit the ball well in that inning also, but we finally caught a break. ... We needed to beat them once, anyway.

The ball ate him up. If anybody can make it in all of baseball, it would be Derrek Lee .

The Australian looked all right. He's got a nice little breaking ball and a changeup. That's a good sign. It's not like he cost us a fortune.

It's good to see Joey do so well. That's the best I've ever seen his breaking ball break.

In the last two innings he kept the ball down like he's supposed to. He's ready to go. There shouldn't be any worries about him.

It's not like he was hit. His velocity was fine. His breaking ball was fine. His location wasn't fine.

It was a struggle on both sides. The long ball always helps. We didn't hit particularly great and we pitched super all spring. It was the other way around today.

He's got a great sinker, ... The ball moves in, big time. He knows how to pitch. They've got to like him. Maybe they've got a replacement for A.J.

He's got a great sinker. The ball moves in, big time. He knows how to pitch. They've got to like him. Maybe they've got a replacement for A.J.

He's got a nice swing, a real compact swing. He's got some power and can hit the ball to the gaps. And I've heard he plays pretty good in left field.

He can hit. He's popped the ball everywhere he's been.