“I think that it was plain and simple that we got our asses kicked pretty good.”
- Mike Lowelljust about sums upthe 20-11 trouncing the Red Sox experienced at the hand of the Yankees on Friday night. The Bombers have now won five straight over their division rivals and sit 7 1/2 games ahead in the American League East.
“He called me in the office, I was in the lineup and he just went over the whole waiver thing with me because I guess a lot of people in the media were speculating a lot of different things and he wanted to clear that up. So I asked him after that, well, if you pull me back and you’re keeping me from going to a contending team, what’s my future? And basically I got a maybe, maybe not. And that’s basically not much of a future.”
- Gary Sheffieldexplains a conversation he had with general manager Omar Minayaon Thursday. The 40-year-old outfielder denies asking for a contract extension, as reported in various media outlets.
“To me, an ace is not something that floats. It’s career numbers stuff, to have that dominating pitcher year in and year out. It’s an overused term.”
- Despite a 2.94 ERA since July, Randy Wolfdeflects any talk about him as the staff ace. He may never be an ace, but he’d be a decent cleanup hitter for the Dodgers right now. After knocking in three runs with a homer, double and single against the Diamondbacks on Sunday, Wolf drove in the only two runs of Friday’s victory over the Cubs.
“I didn’t know I was like that. That would be a first for me.”
- Derek Jeterresponds to commentsmade by Hall of Famer Jim Rice earlier this week.