I think my body was built to eat 68 hot dogs. It's natural.

The crowd loves a record, and if they're gonna be standing out there in crazy, blistering heat on the 4th of July, I mean, if they're doing it, I may as well try and give them a record.

It's pretty rare for me to be someplace that serves hot dogs and not eat one.

That's one reason I like hot dogs. Nice and clean. And you can count them as they're going down.

I have the craziest dreams when I'm digesting a massive amount. It feels so real, it's psychedelic.

You need to stay calm the day of the contest. Not let the weather bother me and just relax.

He showed us what we needed to see to have confidence in his ability to put him in the game at any time, at any place in the outfield or as part of the lineup.

I don't think there was any big talk or meeting. It was the culmination of holding on to a perception. When you get to a point where you pitch, play defense and play smart baseball regularly, when the game gets clean, you win on the road.

His counts got cleaner. He started with an inconsistent command, behind in counts. He got better as the game went on. There's better there, but that's winning without your best stuff early and then tightening up as you go along.

His demeanor, his rhythm, the pace of game -- all of that is what you expect and what you need from your No. 1 starter. That's something he can bring every night, whether his best stuff's with him or not.

His breaking ball was on the plate today. The game against San Diego, he kept missing with it. His command was much better today.

That's as good a game you will see here as long as the place stays. That was top-shelf.

That's probably a pitch you'd like to have back. But we made a lot of mistakes in the game that put us in that situation.

I told him the beauty to this game is when you do well you don't go up. You stay around until you do lousy and then figure out how to do well again.

A big game for Sullivan, and a big game for us. Everybody contributed. We played really hard and got a lot of things done.

This guy has a very workable package and a passion to play the game. I was open-ended with him today because of his competitiveness and he made a statement to finish it off and throw a complete game with 118 pitches.

There's nothing to read into that. It's the first opportunity to get him in a game and try to split the innings up and give them both opportunity to pitch.

Everybody thought it was a stab and something unique. Sunny showed us a little something today, and in a game we needed some length, BK gave it to us.

We tried to create some game situations, and he moved around pretty well.

Whether it's an old team or a young team, ... there's a certain way the game has to be played.

We had a lot of guys just running hot, and we were running hot to start the game again tonight. That's a nice come-from-behind victory on the road for us. I've seen a lot of road games.

Winning a season series is something we didn't talk about much after the first half. You look at the numbers and see where you are and think maybe we can steal a game or two from them. . . . Obviously, we've been able to do a little more than that.

I talked to Todd (on Sunday) night after the game and left another message for him (Monday) morning. He told me he might not make it on this road trip and laughed.

He didn't have his best stuff tonight. His command wasn't nearly what it has been in the past. He had a four-run cushion, wasn't really able to capitalize on it. But he still left the game with a lead, so it wasn't a lost effort by any means. He battled.