AL DIVISION SERIES: MARINERS v WHITE SOX

October 4, 2000

Lou Piniella

LOU PINIELLA: You mean the 12 o'clock game?

LOU PINIELLA: (Laughing.) Well, we'll wait and see what happens on the field. I think we'll play a good ball game. We've got a little more age than their team. But outside of a few positions, we've been able to rest this team all year.

LOU PINIELLA: We're playing the same line-up except for Wilson, he's catching.

LOU PINIELLA: Everybody's healthy. Probably won't have Tomko in the bullpen today. Outside of that, everybody else is ready to go, both pitching and playing wise.

LOU PINIELLA: Yes, one of the two and they're both available in the bullpen today. In fact, they'll both be out there.

LOU PINIELLA: You can hit the ball out, but the alleys are big and so is the centerfield area. I would define it as more of a pitcher's park than a lot of the parks in the league. This park here is big, but when the weather's warm, it seems to carry very, very well.

LOU PINIELLA: Well, they're three great hitters. It's important to handle the middle part of their line-up although it's just as important to keep their first two hitters off base. We have definite ideas on what we want to do with them pitching-wise, but it's up to our pitchers to execute. Hopefully we'll handle these guys because they can really hurt you with the bat.