Mark Sweeney
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"Mark Patrick Sweeney" is a former first baseman in Major League Baseball. He is best known for his skill as a pinch hitter, where he ranks second in career pinch hits with 175 and first in career pinch hit runs batted in with 102.

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He's the glue of our team. I've said that all along. Spare parts are very important, but he's the one cog we can't really miss. He'll make any contract look reasonable.

I know we're talking about it because of our record, but it's also a case where I don't think we're going to fear who we play because their record is better than ours.

I think that's what's become the disappointment for us, the way we've been playing, because we've brought the other teams back into the mix as opposed to pushing ourselves away.

There aren't many players you can build a team around. I see Brian as one. Teams are looking for those guys. When you already have one . . .

That's the first I've heard of it. Hopefully he'll be OK.

There was one black cloud hanging over this win and that is the departure of Quantrill. He brought a lot more to the table than his throwing. He had been to where we hope to go. He was the epitome of a great teammate.

We don't look at it as struggle. We look at it as a victory. We won the West. That was our first job. The next goal is to win the next one.

Seeing Paul go is a really tough loss for us. It's tough to take because of the person and teammate he has been.

It's a tradition, really, when a brother falls to support the house where he was from.