NL DIVISION SERIES: ASTROS v BRAVES

October 8, 2005

Andruw Jones

ANDRUW JONES: Well, I think he had a good at-bat against Roger Clemens. That specific inning right there, Roger Clemens was throwing a couple good pitches. He didn't chase him. I think Roger was ahead and he just threw a fastball right down the middle. Today, Oswalt is a good pitcher. He's going to go right after everybody. He's going to use all his pitches, use his curveball, slider, change. He's going to pitch against us the way he pitched all year. He's been successful against us. He's just going to go right at us.

ANDRUW JONES: Well, I think just a good organization, period. In '96, our goal was just to win the division title and get back into the playoffs and hopefully get to the World Series. In camp, our goal is not to play 500 games, our goal is to go out there and win division titles and, get into playoffs and hopefully get into the World Series. That comes from the front office, to Bobby Cox, and the whole team.

ANDRUW JONES: Well, I hope he does the same thing that he did. We're facing a good pitching staff. I said before we started the series, we've got a good pitching staff, too. But, you know, hopefully they make the first mistakes and we take advantage of it. I think the way Roger Clemens pitched against us, he made more mistakes than John Smoltz did and that's why we took advantage of it. So hopefully today (Jorge) Sosa will come out there and do what he was doing for us the whole year. I mean, he was the key of the success of the way we been playing. Every time when we needed wins, he was the guy that was going out there and give us a good seven solid innings, give us a good win. Hopefully, he doesn't make that many mistakes and hopefully Oswalt makes mistakes.

ANDRUW JONES: Well, like I said, these guys are future Hall of Famers. You know, experienced pitchers. They're not going to change the way they've been pitching you -- I think I've had over 20 at-bats against all of them. They're not going to change the way they get me out. That's the way they're going to try to get me out. I just have to make adjustments and hopefully be patient and when they make mistakes hopefully take advantage of it.

ANDRUW JONES: It's fun. For me, they're not rookies any more. They have almost half a season in them. The season's over. This is playoffs. We're a team. We don't look at them as rookies any more. We look at them as going out there, get the job done and help us win.

ANDRUW JONES: Well, I didn't have as many opportunities as they had in the playoffs. I only played in the World Series because we were facing the Yankees and they had a lot of lefties. Before that, I had maybe six at-bats in the division and the national league championship.