Bobby Cox Last Quotations

He's pitching as well as anyone we have this spring. He's throwing harder than he did when we got him last spring.

He couldn't wiggle out of the last one. Thought he might, but he didn't.

We've seen Sheets really good the last couple of years.

Unbelievable. His arm's fine. That's the sad thing about it. . . . But bad backs are bad backs. It's a shame. He was our ace going down the stretch last year.

We feel really good about all the veterans we have coming back, and the young guys that were impressive last year. We've got about six, seven potential starters right now. We'll let that be fought out in the spring.

We're disappointed in that. We thought we could go further this year, that's for sure, even with the young kids, ... That last day comes too suddenly.

We did a lot of that last year, the two-out hits. Those are hard to come by during the course of a season and we've had our share last year and we got them tonight.

I like that kid a lot. He's a fighter and he wants the job. Sosa pitched well last year, and we have six guys who can do it, but Davies is certainly in the mix. He might have to go the pen, but we want him to be a starter. He's going to be a major league pitcher for a long time.

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.

In this division, ... you can be in first place one day and in last the next.

He's working hard enough now to surpass everything that he did last year.

He's the same as last year to me. He just has to control that slider a little better. Last year those balls were against the wall, caught. The ball was jumping tonight. There was a little breeze blowing out.

The two past years have been probably the most challenging of the last 14. They came through for us. It was a very special year.

It's awfully fun to win the way we've been winning. It's disappointing when we get knocked out. That last day comes too suddenly. We'll be after it again next year. We think we'll put a real good team on the field. We hope to go a lot further.

It was a very special year, ... I think last year was equally as challenging, to be honest with you. The two past years have probably been the most challenging of the last 14.

He absolutely belongs in our rotation the way he's throwing. He started off last year for us real strong. But it's early and we'll see how the rest of the spring goes.