Quotes by Jason Bay

“He spots the ball well and he throws his fastball kind of sneaky [fast]. It gets on you. It only says like 87-92 [mph], but it gets on you faster than that and he does a good job hitting his spots.”

“I can understand that. Its a what-have-you-done-for-me-lately business, obviously, and were an easy target, I guess. You cant put too much stock into it, I think. People who are here and in the city know about the great history here. But the people here are frustrated, too, and we understand that.”

“Im not a batting practice home-run hitter. I think Im done with it.”

“Maybe this is a wakeup call for us, too, to say `Hey, were shaking things up, and, hopefully, it can help motivate us.”

“Maybe this is a wake-up call for us, too, to say Hey, were shaking things up, and, hopefully, it can help motivate us.”

“Its one of those unfortunate things that happen in sports, ... We werent playing well and a change had to be made. It wasnt necessarily [McClendons] fault. Weve all been playing bad lately but it usually falls on one guy -- thats always the manager or coach, unfortunately.”

“Its unfortunate to see one guy take the fall for 25. It really is. There seems to have been not as many questions about us and the way weve played than there were about him. If we can take a positive from it, thats going to change. This is the wake-up call maybe we need.”

“Its definitely not just me carrying the team, ... As a middle-of-the-order hitter my job is to drive in runs and score runs.”

“Its good to finally win a game ? it seems like its a lot longer than its actually been.”

“We showed a little bit of character coming back. With the way we were going, we could have easily rolled over.”