Ned Yost Time Quotations

He's always been good against us. Every time he pitches against us, he pitches tough.

He's doing much better today than yesterday. We were going to be nervous if he wasn't. (Friday), every time he moved, it would spasm up. It's not doing that. That's a good sign.

Rodriguez was really good today. The last time we faced him he was just OK.

There are things we're still trying to accomplish. The .500 mark is one of them, and to continue to battle in the wild-card race is one of them. You can't fall too far behind in either one of those at this time of year.

You don't really count on scoring five runs against Roger Clemens. He didn't have great stuff but the thing about that kind of pitcher is that he finds ways to compete even when he doesn't have his best stuff. Any time you beat, you've done something.

You get the adrenaline going. The first time out, it happens.

You really can't count on scoring five runs off of Roger Clemens, but tonight, luckily, we did. Any time you can beat him, you've done something.

I know these guys will play with a lot of heart and a lot of pride. I knew it was matter of time before we got it going again.

Any time you get the tying run to the plate (late) in a ball game you've done a pretty good job. But the score really doesn't reflect that.

I just remember the first time we went through it in Atlanta with a bunch of young guys, in 1991. John Smoltz would be warming up and it would be like he was going to throw up. How's he going to get through the first inning?

He's a professional player, a pro that you want your younger players to emulate. He will see a lot of time for us at third base. He could really help us.

The first time we saw him in spring training, we realized real quick that he was the same old Maddux.

The first time we saw Howard this year, it looked like he didn't belong in the big leagues. It looks like he's pretty much got things figured out now.

They're one of the elite teams in the league. Any time that you play the measuring stick, you want to beat them.

For the first time in a couple of years we're not going to have to turn the roster over to get better. We're going to have to increase our depth on the bench, the depth in our bullpen and Doug's always looking for pitching.

For the first time, they actually can come into camp and live the dream of playing into October. There are a lot of things that have to go right, but for the first time we can dream about that in a realistic sense.