Lou Piniella

"I don't feel like I have a hot hand. Look, my job is to get the matchups. That's basically what I get paid for. And we use the whole ballclub. Everybody pitches. Everybody plays. Everybody feels a part of it." -Lou Piniella, on managing

"I'm happy with 15-4." -Lou Piniella, when asked if he would've been happy with a 10-9 record

"I was looking into the corner to see where the ball was. And it's in Ole's glove." -Lou Piniella

"This was the first game back (since the ALCS). I didn't want to see any of those scars. There will be plenty of games for Rhodes to pitch in Yankee Stadium. I just wanted to give him a day away." -Lou Piniella, on why he chose to put in Norm instead of Artie.

"Carlos and a few of the guys are starting to swing the bats. We need those runs from the bottom of the order. And with Carlos, boy has he played some short.'' -Lou Piniella

"When the home team ties a game like that, they steal the momentum you had. The best thing you can do is come right back and take another lead." -Lou Piniella

"Gerald Perry (M's hitting coach) told me before the game, Edgar was back on. He was right. In the seventh, you want Edgar up there. He's as good as anyone in baseball." -Lou Piniella

"There's no one you'd rather have up in tough situations, and he delivers more often than most." -Lou Pinella

"It's hard to win three games in a row anywhere, especially here. Now it's on to Chicago and three more tough games. It never gets easier, but winning makes it a lot more fun." -Lou Piniella

"He left a fastball up and hung a changeup and they got three runs. But they didn't get any more." -Lou Piniella, on Aaron Sele's pitching

"There's no quit in these guys. Absolutely none." -Lou Piniella

"It's something we're very proud of. In the long history of baseball, to think that our Seattle club would set the record for most wins in April, it's special." -Lou Piniella, who also added, "We're aggressive and these guys are executing well. I couldn't be prouder of these guys for setting the April record for wins. That's a team achievement, and they should be proud."

"We had a hell of a run, one hell of a trip. Now we go home, and just like I've said all month, it doesn't get easier. We play Boston and Toronto, and we start the homestand against Pedro Martinez. He's a worthy opponent." -Lou Piniella

"We know it's early. I'm proud of what we've done in April, but there are five months ahead of us just as important as the one behind us. If we play the same way at home we played on the road this week, I'll be delighted. You play good baseball, the wins take care of themselves. You're going to lose some games like this - we didn't quit, we didn't give it away. Chicago beat us." -Lou Piniella

"It's good to beat anybody, whether they're leaders or not." -Lou Piniella, when asked how it felt to beat the Boston Red Sox, who are tied with the Toronto Blue Jays for the lead in the A.L. East

"These things are going to happen. Give their hitters credit. They hit a variety of pitches off a variety of pitchers. We have to look at film before we play them again." -Lou Piniella

"But you know what? All in all, you've got to be pleased with 23-8." -Lou Piniella

"No one who's ever played this game wants to hear that or see that (batters getting thrown at and injured). It was in no way intentional, and it shook Aaron. It shook us all. I've seen a lot of games like this here in Fenway -- too many games like this. I'm glad we won, I'm glad we played well, but we all hope that young second baseman comes back quickly. You get used to games like this, you never get used to moments like that." -Lou Piniella

"They give you all they have every game. You look at a player like Ichiro, who's still learning the pitchers - he leads the league in hitting with runners on base. These guys know how to play, how to pitch. We're not going to overpower teams the way we once did, but we can find a lot of ways to beat you, and we have found a lot of ways to beat people. People can keep saying they're surprised at our start, but as long as we keep it going, I don't much care whether we're a surprise or not." -Lou Piniella

"Not only did we score a couple of runs that inning, but we got a little bonus when their two guys went out of the game. Jimy reminded me a little of me. I sort of enjoyed that. He missed kicking the hat, though." -Lou Piniella

"We want to be aggressive, and we have been. I really like what I saw tonight." -Lou Piniella

"Cito Gaston is one of the best in the game at picking off signs, and we thought they might be relaying signs to their hitters," Piniella said.

"We had the catchers in before the game. We thought we were onto something. Looking to their side last week we could see Cito Gaston leave the dugout when they were going to hit, and some guys you wouldn't expect to hit good pitches, hit good pitches." -Lou Piniella

"(Rob) Dibble (former "Nasty Boy" reliever from Lou's Reds in the early 90's) told me that if Ichiro won the batting title, he'd run around Times Square naked. I told him he'd better get a tan, just in case." -Lou Piniella, on an NL radio talk show

"I'm his manager and he's fun to watch. It must be as much fun for our fans. He's a player, and I don't say that easily. He can play." -Lou Piniella, on Ichiro

"I guess the umpire thought he was trying to show him up." -Lou Piniella, on why the umpire ejected Mark McLemore

"He's got a 21-game hitting streak going. You want me to get e-mail from Japan?" -Lou Piniella, when asked if he'd be giving Ichiro the day off on Thursday

"It isn't easy to sweep anybody. We go into a series to win the first game and we take it from there." -Lou Piniella

"It's about the right time (in his career) for him to come together, physically and mentally. He's matured a lot as a player. He's tempered his cockiness a bit. He's more selective than when we had him before. He's learned the strike zone, and he puts the ball in play. And he's a really solid, solid second baseman." -Lou Piniella on Bret Boone

"What is 8-6-6? It sounds like an area code. All I know is that we got two outs out of it." -Lou Piniella

"Aaron is a consistent winner, year in and year out, and when he hits his spots like he did today he's tough." -Lou Piniella, on Aaron Sele

"We don't quit. We got ourselves in a hole against a good team, but we didn't go down easy." -Lou Piniella

"I went against the norm," Piniella said. "Mientkiewicz is hitting about .500 against lefties. I wanted to get a double play with his sinker pitch. We got the ground ball, but it bounced over the first baseman's head."

"We chased Brad Radke, we made another run in the ninth. We just couldn't ever catch them. We're a good team, but so are they. Their record isn't an accident." -Lou Piniella

"You pressure teams, sometimes you get breaks. You get breaks, you have to take advantage." -Lou Piniella

"I told Mike Cameron after Olerud's hit that Boone would bunt, they'd walk Ichiro and we just needed him to get the job done." -Lou Piniella

"That type of defense certainly helps the pitchers out and helped us win tonight. It gives the pitchers the feeling of, let them put it in play and we'll get it taken care of." -Lou Piniella

"We had opportunities. We left quite a few stranded. It was a night we needed good defensive play and good pitching, and we got it." -Lou Piniella

"He caught the ball. The umpire was in good position to see it." -Lou Piniella

"In this business, you accept the good with the bad. Right now, it's good." -Lou Piniella

"Fifteen in a row is something to be really proud of and be happy about. We just got beat tonight." -Lou Piniella

"We've been playing darned good ball. We should be pleased with the start we've had. Now it's behind us, so let's go out and start another one tomorrow." -Lou Piniella

"He's on his way to ... uh ... to quite a few." -Lou Piniella, on how many hits Ichiro is (and will be) getting

"I called for that throw over, so I feel responsible. John Olerud will be at first base tomorrow." -Lou Piniella, grinning about it (after the win)

"We didn't hit well. We didn't field well. We didn't pitch particularly well. That sums it up." -Lou Piniella

"We don't do that here." -Lou Piniella on whether he had to "talk" to his team after the icky first game

"We did what we wanted to do. We won the series, on the road, and I'll take that the rest of the year. You win a series, you can't get in trouble." -Lou Piniella

"That's the best I've seen him pitch this season. He was aggressive, and when he's aggressive in the strike zone he pitches very, very well. When he looks at this performance, he's going to see that THIS is the way he should go about business." -Lou Piniella on Freddy Garcia

"We gave him a couple of days off, had an off-day and then a rain out and all of a sudden he hasn't pitched in six days. That's not fair to Jeff, and it won't happen again." -Lou Piniella on Jeff Nelson's rusty performance

"That was pretty impressive. He let the shaft out on the first foul ball, and then on the home run, I've never seen him hit the ball that far and that hard in two years here. He got a pitch to hit and he hit it." -Lou Piniella, on John Olerud

"We're hitting well, we're pitching well and we're not dwelling on our record. We've got a subdued clubhouse, but we play with intensity." -Lou Piniella

"Everyone is allowed a clunker every once in awhile. We came back two, three times. We just couldn't stop them." -Lou Piniella

"It was a good throw, it was a good slide, and I thought David got in there after seeing the replay. The umpire was in the right position to make the call, so what can you do. He wasn't going to change his mind." -Lou Piniella

"We've been doing this sort of thing all year. There's no quit here. We've been making up runs whenever we have to. You have to win some games like this to have the kind of season we're having." -Lou Piniella

"He could have gone third and first, second and first, or home and first. What scared me, when he started moving all around, I could see the ball going down the right-field line. We work on that all spring. He just got excited. As a pitcher, you concentrate on the hitter so much, sometimes you don't think situation." -Lou Piniella

"I know we won the game. I'm not sure how we won it." -Lou Piniella

"He's certainly a first-ballot Hall of Famer who epitomized what the game is all about. He played hard, he played every day, and he showed a lot of respect for it. He's had a marvelous career, but when you play into your 40s like he has, sooner or later it's time to make a decision. In Cal's mind, it's come, and I salute his career and applaud his decision." -Lou Piniella

"I'm going to have to stop asking these guys that question (if they need a day off). They always say they're ready to play." -Lou Piniella

"If you're going to use Boone, what better time? I was undecided on whether to rest Boone or Guillen, and I got to rest both of them part of the day." -Lou Piniella

"I did something I've never done before. I had enough of the Giambis today." -Lou Piniella

"I don't think the numbers (for the bullpen's struggle) on this trip mean that much. We'd been doing really well out of the bullpen before this. I think the numbers are the natural ebb and flow of the season. That's all it is." -Lou Piniella

"They're on their own. We want them to be aggressive. That's part of our game. The only thing we have here is a stop sign, and we don't use it very often." -Lou Piniella, on the Mariner rules of baserunning

"This shows a lot about our team. These guys just battled themselves back into position to win the game, and then they did. I'm proud of the way we're playing." -Lou Piniella

"That's a bunch of professionals out there. As a manager, a coach, the front office, the owners and the fans, you can't be happier with these guys. Forget the win-loss record, it's just the way they go out and play. They're aggressive and there's no quit to them. It's fun to watch." -Lou Piniella

"There's no doldrums. What do you people expect? There's no doldrums. We just got beat. What can I tell you? We just got beat." -Lou Piniella

"He's thrown the ball well all year, but he struggled the last couple of starts. But he's a professional. He'll be back." -Lou Piniella on Aaron Sele

"That's part of our game. When we can run, we try to utilize that. We like aggressive baseball. That's the way we like to play." -Lou Piniella

"We felt like he [Schoeneweis] had a slow delivery and felt like we could run more. When we can run, we try to use it. We've got guys on green lights here, and all we do is stop 'em when we think we have to." -Lou Piniella

"I don't think anybody could be pleased with the way he's pitching, including Johnny. His last two starts against Oakland have been dismal.'' -Lou Piniella

"I'm not sure. I'm going to sleep on it. I'm not pleased with it. He's taken us out of ballgames early." -Lou Piniella, when asked what he planned on doing with Halama after today's poor performance

"I'm not going to comment on trades. I don't know what the rumors are. It's not my area anyway. I'm happy with what I've got here, and I've said it time and time again." -Lou Piniella

"It seems our bullpen quieted their Rally Monkey down." -Lou Piniella

"What you saw was a pitcher aggressive in the strike zone, a pitcher who was well-composed and kept that composure. He did a fine job and he'll get the ball again next Thursday." -Lou Piniella on Denny Stark

"We're going to have Guillen wear bells around his ankles." -Lou Piniella

"Complete-game shutouts are hard to come by. Freddy really made key pitches when he had to." -Lou Piniella

"There aren't many clubs where you have one player with 100 hits at the end of June. To have two, that's pretty special. But both guys have done great jobs all year." -Lou Piniella on Boone and Ichiro

"Sixty wins at the halfway point is a lot of wins. It's a tribute to the talent we've got here, to the intensity we have going and the confidence that's been building." -Lou Piniella

"Surprised the hell out of me." -Lou Piniella on Boone's bunting

"Sixty wins? That's a lot of wins. Sixty-one sounds better, though." -Lou Piniella

"Am I surprised? No. We have one player who leads the league in RBI. We have another who leads the league in hits and stolen bases and runs scored. We've had a lot of success this season, and these four players are a big part of that." -Lou Piniella, on having four players elected as starters for the All Star Game (Boone, Ichiro, Edgar and Olerud)

"I put his name in the lineup and then do what everyone else does. I just watch him play." -Lou Piniella, on Ichiro

"We play hard here. We always play hard." -Lou Piniella