36 ordspråk av Don Baylor
Don Baylor
Adrian's got such an aggressive swing, pitchers have been throwing him a lot of crap, and he's been chasing it.
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Dobbs is coming along, ... It's not easy to go down and play every day and come up and sit and still hit. He has done that. Now he's being used against right-handers, but at some point he's got to show he can hit left-handers after not seeing them for a while. Those are the steps.
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Dobbs is coming along. It's not easy to go down and play every day and come up and sit and still hit. He has done that. Now he's being used against right-handers, but at some point he's got to show he can hit left-handers after not seeing them for a while. Those are the steps.
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He always wants to see himself making plays on defense. Today for the first time, he wanted to see tape of one of his at-bats from yesterday.
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He helped me deal with the uncertainty,
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He went to Puerto Rico [winter baseball] and learned how to pull the ball. He came back the next season and started hitting inside pitches out in right field.
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I have decided not to return as hitting coach so that I will be able to pursue other opportunities.
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I know what I have to do and I plan to do it. It's a good time to get it done and get it behind me. It's treatable, so why not treat it now? My family will give me comfort but I have to do this alone.
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I looked at Mel. He was healthy. I was banking on that.
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I saw the kind of determination he has when he laid off the breaking pitch against the Angels in the ninth inning Wednesday, ... Right-hander vs. right-hander -- (the Angels') Frankie Rodriguez is no day at the beach. But Betancourt made the adjustment and came up with that hit.
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I saw the kind of determination he has when he laid off the breaking pitch against the Angels in the ninth inning Wednesday. Right-hander vs. right-hander -- (the Angels') Frankie Rodriguez is no day at the beach. But Betancourt made the adjustment and came up with that hit.
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I'm a fair manager, put it that way. I like to be fair with the players, but there's a time for discipline.
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I'm going to try to enjoy the All-Star break, hope my players reflect on what happened the first half of the season, come back with a different attitude, try to find our solution on how to win it.
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I'm going to work on my golf game and wait to see what happens. I told my wife we can finally get unpacked. Every year you come back and throw a few things in the corner.
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I've always viewed it like this: If you take that player away from the team, where does it finish?
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