Grant Balfour
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - MAY 19: Grant Balfour #50 of the Oakland Athletics pitches against the San Francisco Giants during the seventh inning of an interleague game at AT&T Park on May 19, 2012 in San Francisco, California. The San Francisco Giants defeated the Oakland Athletics 4-0.
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We played a long game ... When you take the lead, you finally want to finish it.
Joe [Maddon] allows you to have fun ... He lets you go out there and have fun. I think you see a lot of guys come here have good years because [the way he manages] allows him to get the most out of them.
That's a tough position right there ... A base hit ties the game, and I was really trying to go for a strikeout. It wasn't like I left it up, but I left it up enough for him to get too good of a swing on it.More quotes »
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