It not only gives me confidence, it gives everybody in uniform and everybody that works for the Reds confidence. You could tell from Day 1 there was going to be strong leadership here from the very top, and that's tremendous for a sports franchise of any kind to have. |
It seems his history is he has a couple innings where he just does not command the baseball. When he throws strikes and quality strikes, he gets guys out. But tonight he wasn't able to make adjustments and he struggled through it. |
It should definitely help to be in one spot. Just seeing the ball off the bat the same way will help. |
It should take a lot of pressure off the other guys. The other thing is, just watching him pitch, how he throws strikes, how he commands the baseball, I think that has got to wear off on guys. |
It showed up right away on the blood test. We were hoping the blood test was wrong. |
It sounds like, hopefully, later in the week, he'll be ready to go, ... He's day to day. We'll just have to see how he is every day. |
It sounds like, hopefully, later in the week, he'll be ready to go, ... He's day-to-day. We'll just have to see how he is every day. |
It took awhile to get his legs under him. We're seeing over the last month the kind of pitcher he is. |
It was 1-1 that at-bat. There was a close pitch in that was called a strike. That turned the at-bat around. He swung at a pitch that was farther in (to strike out). |
It was a big league baseball game tonight. That was the way the game is supposed to be played. We just don't see it every night. It's a shame. It's great to see a game played the right way. It's what I live for. |
It was a huge step for him. He did a very good job tonight with guys that have hit him in the past. |
It was a pretty good ball game. It was a lot like last night. But last night, we gave it away. |
It was a tough spot for Simpson to be in, ... I really thought, they hadn't seen him, and right there, two-three-four (in the Cubs' order) has had some success against just about everybody we've got. I just decided to try a new arm on them. |
It was a tough way to give up five runs. |
It was basically more batting practice than it was a simulated game. |