NL CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES: MARLINS v CUBS

October 12, 2003

Jack McKeon

JACK McKEON: Just change it around a little bit, nothing to read into it. We've done this before, just move a guy around. Maybe he'll get up in the situation and do some damage.

JACK McKEON: I don't think we talked about anything. I think these guys right here know the situation, as everybody else does. And I think just go about it and play one game at a time. We're not going to worry about winning three in a row. We've got to win today. They know what's at stake, and they're going to give a good effort.

JACK McKEON: Well, I hope so. But also you've got to give credit to the Cubs' pitching. They've done a good job. And sometimes I think some of our guys are as good as they are, but they try to do too much. It's only natural. Everybody wants to do their share. And sometimes you've got to sit back, relax, and do your thing and play within yourself and not worry about anything, and do the best you can. But give credit to the Cubs' pitching, too, because they've done a good job. But this is a group of guys, even yesterday, we were down 6, 7 runs, they weren't quitting. We just couldn't get a break or an opening to do anything.

JACK McKEON: I'm worried about Game 5. If I have to use everybody today, we'll use everybody today and mix and match. We've got to get to Game 6 first. No, I haven't given it a thought. Our biggest concern is to try to get to Game 6.

JACK McKEON: Well, that's been one of the keys. The Cubs have done a good job keeping our guys off base early, especially our top guys. When they generally get on, they can cause havoc with the pitching. We did get the first guy on yesterday, but unfortunately he got thrown out. But we had to try to make it happen. And if we could have done that, it would have turned some tables. But the Cubs have done a good job of keeping our leadoff guys off, we haven't done as well. And basically that's been the story of the series so far.