AL CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES: ANGELS v WHITE SOX

October 11, 2005

Ozzie Guillen

OZZIE GUILLEN: Well, that's not a question. The first one, we executed -- we have the type of team that executes all the time and that's our game. We failed today at moving the guys over. You know, we don't do the job and when we fail doing that, it's hard for us to win. We don't have the type of team that's going to score 20 runs. Second question is A. J.? You were asking what he was doing. Obviously people think he's going to steal the base, throw him to steal the base, he only got one try all year. I think he was confused. I think he must have missed the sign, but no, I think he was just running on his own.

OZZIE GUILLEN: Well, that was our plans. I think early going to be around the plate, but also try to stay in the strike zone. I think he was throwing pretty well. He was throwing strikes, and we never had the chance to put it against the wall. Every time we got there maybe a couple balls got hit hard on it, and I think our plan was to do that, and we did it.

OZZIE GUILLEN: No, I would let you guys know. If I'm angry I'll let you guys know. They executed better, they got to hit, bunt, put it down, they've got to play us and not execute the way they did.

OZZIE GUILLEN: Molina is the best catcher in baseball. There's no doubt about it. This kid is not wearing the glove just because. His pitching staff is doing really well, and to me there's no better defense right now as a catcher in the American League than him.

OZZIE GUILLEN: Not really. That's the way people should be playing baseball, play hard. Double plays, I like those kind of games. That's the way people have to play the game.

OZZIE GUILLEN: I don't know. We needed a couple days off. I cannot say. I cannot make an excuse that this day off killed us. Hopefully we execute well and get better, but no, I think we needed the days off.

OZZIE GUILLEN: Well, he tried to get on base, make things happen, and when you're batting third -- he thought the third baseman was playing back. He just wanted to make something happen to start the inning.

OZZIE GUILLEN: Great job. I think Jose -- I don't think more than three balls were hit hard on him. The ball by (Garret) Anderson, the home run, think that's the only really well hit ball they hit against him. Jose is throwing the ball the same way first and second half. He did a tremendous job for us.

OZZIE GUILLEN: Not really. It could be hard travel for them. As I said before the game, I don't believe they would be tired. As soon as you put a uniform on, you forget about pains, and that's how you get. It was to our advantage, all the traveling stuff, but they showed us and they showed everybody that that's not the truth. I think the truth is they travel a lot, every flight they make it four hours, five hours, and I think they get used to it, and they showed it today.

OZZIE GUILLEN: Obviously it's a chance to play better. I don't think we do what we do all year long. I think we have to come back and play hard, and I think I don't have anything to say about the boys. The boys are playing good, and they played better than we did.