Quote: Bloops, Bouncers and Rollers
Following last night’s game, Willie Randolph was asked by a 
reporter if he was relieved to finally get a bounce or two in his favor against the Phillies, who always seem to get the bounce in their favor instead, to which he responded…
“They’ve been very fortunate, and we’ve given them opportunities – and that’s the way the game goes…You know, the games that we lost, the ones you guys are talking about, the eight or nine in a row, those games could have gone either way and at least four or five them we could have won. Fortunate bloops, little bouncers, rollers, an umpires call, all those things come in to play. So, you know, we’ve never felt there is any dominance against us. They won some games and that happens in baseball – where you’re gonna lose some games they should win and vice-a-versa…
“There’s nothing in our heads that they’re better than we are, that they’re in our heads or that kind of crap – that’s baseball…
“Tonight, they gave us some opportunities and when we played them last year we gave them a lot of opportunities and they took advantage of them. That’s the name of the game. Both teams are very evenly matched, and we respect each other, and you go out and play…
“But, the part about people thinking there’s some hex or jinx or some type of advantage is ridiculous.”
