Mechanically, he looked OK out there on the mound. All in all it was a good outing. |
My decision was that he was in complete control of that ballgame, ... He's a battler. I wasn't going to take him out and interrupt things on that field. |
My game plan is to sit down and talk with him when he gets here, and we'll make a decision which way to go. |
My idea was, let's not push this. We waited these few days. Lets wait another day and see how he feels [on Wednesday]. |
My pick would be Willis, because this team is not always running on all gears, ... St. Louis was like a machine this year. You don't penalize Carpenter for that. But to me, it's Willis. If nothing else, we couldn't beat him. |
No one was like him. No one is going to be like him after this. |
No, I'm not concerned. If you're concerned, then you're worried about something, and I'm not worried about anything. |
No, sir. Never crossed my lips, |
Nobody is going to win a job today, tomorrow or the first week of Spring Training. So everybody settle down and do what you are capable of doing. Get yourself ready for the long haul. Mostly everybody in that room doesn't have a real good chance to make that club. There are just too many people in there. |
Not really. It wasn't that easy. I went about 0-for-23 sometime after that. |
Now you see it, now you don't. |
Now, |
Of course it matters, ... I'm going to put a kid at a position he hasn't played when I have other people, other options? I wouldn't do it to him, number one. |
Of course, [he was] depressed, disgusted, whatever. We all want to play this game healthy. When we're not healthy, we can't perform as well. And in his case, he was missing out of the lineup. That's not good. |
On Tuesday, I'll make a decision on that, |