NL DIVISION SERIES: MARLINS v GIANTS

October 4, 2003

Jack McKeon

JACK McKEON: Yeah, we had some. No problem. Went out with my family, about 20 of them here, 24 of them here. We had a good time. Yeah, we got to sleep.

JACK McKEON: Cabrera is back at third base. The rest of the lineup's the same. Same as it was for Game 1 and 2.

JACK McKEON: Well, we want to get Mike in there. Going to try to break him in slowly, get the kid back in there.

JACK McKEON: It's hard to say. You know, when you don't get any hits in, you kind of look rusty. It's like when you don't score any runs, don't get anybody on base, you say the club is a little bit, you know, not exciting or doesn't look like it has any effort. But that's one of those things.

JACK McKEON: Not really. I mean, you know, Felipe has got to do what he thinks is right for his club. We know we got to play the game. We know the pitcher's that are going to be out there. Really doesn't make much difference who's out there - we still have to win.

JACK McKEON: If we're lucky enough to win today, we'd just be happy to play either one of them.

JACK McKEON: No, we haven't talked to them. I'm pretty sure this club here understands where they are, and where they're headed. They're keeping a pretty even keel. They play one game at a time. We're not worried about tomorrow, next week, you know, we got our business to do today.

JACK McKEON: He's done a good job coming out of the pen. You know, one good thing about Carl, he's had experience out of the bullpen in the past. So that helped us make the decision skipping him as a starter, putting him in the pen, making our pen stronger. And what he's done the last couple games has been outstanding, coming in in crucial situations, bailing us out. Hopefully he can do it today again if we need him.

JACK McKEON: Well, we haven't

checked with them all yet. But knowing these guys, they're going to up and volunteer to get in there if they have to. They realize what's at stake. You'd like to not use Fox, if you could. If he says he's ready, what can you do?

JACK McKEON: I'm pleasantly surprised because I never saw, you know, Jeff play that much at any position. The job he's done in left field has been remarkable. We see Pierre make outstanding catches. This guy's made about four or five in the past 10, 12 days that have just been outstanding. You know, he gets to the balls quick, he gets a good jump. I mean, I was real surprised to see how good an outfielder he is.

JACK McKEON: Penny's probably going to be ready. Haven't checked with him yet. I know Brad, he's volunteered in the past. After he pitched a game or two, when we had a long game, looked like might run out of relievers, he's come up wanting to bail us out anytime. I know he's going to tell us he's ready.