In Quotes: ALDS Game Four

By Marcus Gilmer in Miscellaneous on Oct 7, 2008 8:45PM

"These guys battled and battled. The fans should be proud of this team." - Jerry Reinsdorf [MLB]

"[The Rays] played very well, and I tip my hat to them. They deserve to move on. They are a good team." - A.J. Pierzynski [MLB]

"When you start playing playoff baseball in September, there's such an energy level you have to play at and keep it up. We did our best, but we just ran out of gas here." - Paul Konerko [MLB]

"The White Sox built their 89-win season largely on the strength of fast starts by their pitchers, in particular newly acquired set-up man Scott Linebrink and the starting rotation. But those guys could not go the distance, meaning the Sox had to slug their way to victories. That's not going to happen in October, not against a staff as strong as Tampa Bay's." - Phil Rogers

"The Sox lost 6-2 to Tampa Bay, and their season is over. And while general manager Ken Williams did a fine job of improving from the awful team he had built last year, the call now is not to let the Sox be left too slow and too muscular again." - Greg Couch

"But the Rays' superior balance, combined with the Sox's over-reliance on power and weary starting pitching, resulted in a loss that sent manager Ozzie Guillen to the Rays' clubhouse to congratulate counterpart Joe Maddon." - Mark Gonzalez

"We watched high expectations paralyze the Cubs in the postseason, turning a team that won a National League-best 97 games into a tight, fearful squad that couldn't win a single playoff game. The Sox, in contrast, were a loose team this postseason. Once they made it into the playoffs, the pressure was off. And although they managed only one win against the Rays, that was good enough for most people. The Sox weren't expected to win and advance." - Carol Slezak