This is a talented group ... But I said the same thing last year (in Chicago), that's the way the game works. The sad part is there are going to be guys on this team that are not back.
Obviously, I'd love to come back here. It's a great city, great fans, great place to play. ... I'm always going to go where the pitching is, and there's good pitching here.
Maybe it's me ... It better not be because I'm not planning on retiring.
You know, it's hard ... In my gut and my mind, I want to do it. I want to pitch again next year. But I have to make sure I'm in position to do it again. ... It's going to be an interesting offseason for me, one in which I'll take a long, hard look and see if I still have the desire to work out, that's w...
Every team is going to be disappointed except the one that dogpiles to the title. I just felt like if we could have won (Saturday night), put a little pressure on them, get some momentum, get (Chris Carpenter) back on the mound ... you have visions of what's going to happen.
I don't ever put stock in how you play after you clinch ... I know a manager has to motivate his team as best he can. But I think every team that clinched went into a little swoon there, so I don't necessarily put it on that.