He still has his velocity, ... His command is a big thing. He's missing with his changeup. His last two times out, he's given up home runs on high changeups. He's also having a hard time getting his breaking ball where he wants it. |
He still has his velocity. His command is a big thing. He's missing with his changeup. His last two times out, he's given up home runs on high changeups. He's also having a hard time getting his breaking ball where he wants it. |
He threw good. He was a little wild up with his fastball, but he was wild enough to be good with it. What I like is that he has been aggressive. That?s encouraging. I like the way he is throwing. |
He threw OK. We have to get him healthy so that he can pitch in a regular rotation for a while. |
He told me he wanted to play. I made the decision to sit him out. We'll practice [today] and Wednesday and then he'll be in the lineup on Thursday against the Yankees. |
He took us exactly where we needed to go. |
He totally demoralized the ball. |
He walked three in that inning and it was a tough inning for him. But he took us to a place in the game where we needed to go. |
He wanted some money, and we felt comfortable with [Shane] Victorino and [Jason] Michaels at that time. |
He wants the ball, he wants to pitch, he wants to win. All you've got to do is sit down and have a conversation with him to see what kind of job he's going to do here. |
He wants to play. He's hurting a little, but he's told me that he will let me know if he can't go into the lineup. But he wants to be out there, and he wants to help us out. |
He was a little wild, but threw hard. |
He was aggressive and battled through. He took the time to regroup every time something happened in the game. [After the sixth], he had enough, and I thought that was a good time to get him out. I wanted him to go out on a good note. |
He was definitely hurting. I thought he was trying too hard; maybe he was mentally fatigued. He wanted to stay out there and do his best. He wasn't coming out. |
He was my favorite player because of the way he played the game. Pete Rose was a hustler. He really loved to play the game. Kirby had the same energy as Pete Rose, but he also was flamboyant. He carried a big smile. I called Kirby a natural leader. He was vocal, but also led by example. Everything he did, he did it right and hard. |