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Tom Gordon Quotes

«Any time you come into an organization where guys on the team are used to winning, I think the attitude is a little better. I think it gives you the opportunity to be a part of a contender and at the same time try to find out where you fit in and what can you do to help this team win. He's fit in well with this team.»
Author: Tom Gordon
«They probably think no matter what the score is, they can beat us.»
Author: Tom Gordon
«It's a good feeling to come in here and play the first two games well. This team has played us very well and given us a battle each and every night. Right now, it's the stretch run, so we need to play every game as hard as we can, leave it all out on the field and have fun out there.»
Author: Tom Gordon
«Mel was wonderful for our pitching staff. He worked very well with the veterans as well as the young guys, which was really big for us, especially with what we went through early. We could have been down in the dumps, but we could count on Mel and [manager] Joe [Torre] to keep us together. Things worked out well.»
Author: Tom Gordon
«I knew I had a base open, so I was trying to get him to roll over on a pitch, or if I got two strikes, to strike him out. He's a good hitter, so I wanted to keep the ball in the park. It was a good battle, I'm just glad I won it.»
Author: Tom Gordon
«I just tried to make good pitches. Huff is a good hitter. It was a good battle.»
Author: Tom Gordon
«It was tremendous -- great players making a great play. I needed a double play. I tried to make sure that if he hit the ball, he hit it at somebody in the infield.»
Author: Tom Gordon
«I might try other foods or something. I stopped drinking Coke and I'm drinking cranberry juice instead, maybe that's it. I don't know. I hadn't thought about it.»
Author: Tom Gordon
«I hadn't thrown him a curveball in the at-bat. I had thrown him fastballs and cutters.»
Author: Tom Gordon
«I was keeping everything in. I still had the fastball I could throw him (outside). I hadn't shown him the curveball the whole at-bat. (A count of) 2-2 was the time to do it.»
Author: Tom Gordon

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