“It’s a nine-against-one war.” – Victo Diaz…

…very nice…i’ve never heard this baseball cliche before, with regards to a batter facing nine fielders…very good, victor…thanks…

“You could see from the fourth inning on, I actually quit trying to throw the ball. It was too windy, and my breaking ball was breaking way much more than I wanted it to…so I sacrificed a little bit of velocity on every pitch and tried to make a better pitch. That’s an adjustment you have to make.  I saw Smoltz struggle all night, even though he had a great game and battled. It was really tough for him pitch, too. I’m pretty sure he felt the same way.” – Pedro Martinez…

…ah, yes…the windy blue toliet bowl known as shea stadium…try sitting in the last uppder deck seat on a night like that…ooh, baby…

“There are a lot of fans out there supporting us and giving us love.  I just really wanted to get it for them.  I didn’t feel any pressure.  It wasn’t like ‘Oh my God. I’m in a tough situation.’  It wasn’t like that…I just wanted to get a good pitch and hit it.  But, it wasn’t even a good pitch…That’s one I gave to him.  This is going to be tough for me tonight.” – Cliff Floyd…

…passion is a good thing…we appreciate it, cliff…

“You’ve got to give them a lot of credit. They don’t have the sense of previous Mets teams…they just seem to have something different.  We’ve had their number in the past, that’s not going to be the case this year.  They’ll be a team that’s there all year, I promise you that.” – John Smoltz…