It has been a frustrating season for everyone, ... It is hard to believe that we are out of it this year (after winning the division) last year.

Those young players act like they've been in the big leagues for a long time, ... They play like they belong here.

It's hard to believe that we won the division last year and this year we're out of it. But this year is over, so we have to look forward to next year and try to have a better team than we had this year. It's frustrating to know you have three games left and then you go home.

It's very sad to think last year you won the division, and this year you finish third or fourth.

I'm playing long-toss and feeling better, ... Maybe in the next 10 days I can start throwing in the bullpen. It's not bothering me now, and I'm starting to throw harder.

Playing the way we were playing, I didn't have the desire to come to the ballpark. This year, from what I see from the beginning of spring training, the chemistry is different.

It's no good. I started throwing, and when I go down, when I release the ball, it pinches me.

For us, it's big. Because it's like the World Cup. It's like a Super Bowl. It's crazy.

[The Dodgers are not out of this thing by any measure. This was only Game 1, after all, in this best-of-five NLDS. After a day off, the teams play again Thursday night at Busch Stadium before heading to L.A. for Game 3 on Saturday.] We lost the game, ... We haven't lost the series.