The man's got power, he's had power, he will have power until he stops playing. |
The more arms we have and the more experience we have just makes us stronger. |
The pitch to Bonds wasn't quite over the plate. But with him if it's up, he can get it. And he crushed it. |
The problem you have there, and it's from my learning experience, is when you have one and you're not really sure of him, you keep using him -- and he keeps not getting the job done. You think, 'This is the right move.' Unfortunately, I've fallen into that trap. |
The race is on, but you have to take a humanistic approach. Nobody is under a magnifying glass. We just want them to go out and pitch. |
The regular season is another world, but this is the only vehicle we have for him to put what he has worked on in play. It beats the heck out of spinning his wheels and punching out. |
The responsibility's on the runner to run through home plate all the time. There's no reason to ever slow down unless it's a home run. That way it's safety first and there's no questions. |
The second year is when you expect a full recovery. |
The thing was, people we had talked to over the winter didn't want to come our way. We were able to get three of them halfway through the season. So it wasn't by design. |
The top of their lineup was presenting problems. |
Their guy was really good. It wasn't anything else. Everybody that took the mound today was really good. They pitched well, hit their spots. We took our swings and didn't come up with anything. |
There are a number of roles he could fill. We need to see how he handles them. |
There are going to be opportunities in different roles because we don't want to pitch anyone more than three days in a row. |
There comes certain situations where I think a manager has an opportunity to make a statement to his team. You don't want to miss them. I might have missed one with (Cory) Sullivan earlier in the season. |
There has really not been any separation. We don't have a fifth starter right now. |