If it was a young guy pitching, we would have just put him on. |
If somebody put a gun to my head and said, ?Give me your 25 players,' I could do it. |
If we were 0-5 I probably wouldn't have much to do with that either. Shelton has hit five home runs. How much do I have to do with that? That's silly, but that's the way it is. |
If you get up (north) in the cold weather and every day in the third or fourth inning he can't continue, you have to think of some other options. |
If your style gets production, keep your style. If it doesn't, you might want to change your style. ... I want results. I don't care how you do it. |
In fairness to Dmitri Young, if you're going out there and asking him to be Brooks Robinson and you don't think he's going to make an error now and then, you shouldn't do it. What you do is pick your spots. I think he's a pretty good athlete, I think he's got good hands, and I know he can hit. I've always liked him. |
It bothers him a little bit, then he's fine, then it bothers him again. |
It doesn't seem to be serious, but you never know. I thought it was all better a few days ago. |
It just breaks my heart. |
It kind of worked out good. His helmet messed the guy up. Haven't really worked on that play, but it was a pretty good play. |
It might be the first time in the history of the Detroit Tigers that he actually starts a game instead of closing a game. |
It starts with relationships in the clubhouse -- building camaraderie. I'm seeing that start to happen a little bit, and I like it. I want everybody talking to everybody, I want everybody kidding with everybody, I want everybody believing in everybody. |
It was a heck of a phone call. He said, 'I want to thank you for letting me go.' And he said, 'I'll be there. I'm driving right now. I'll be there tomorrow morning.' I was very impressed by that, and I appreciated it. It showed me something. |
It was a very good ball game. We got good pitching. They pitched well, too, but we got a few more hits than they did -- and ours just happened to go over the fence. |
It was a weak ground ball that got a run home. It was a free RBI. He battled his [tail] off and got the run in. It wasn't pretty, but that's the difference between 100 [RBIs] and 85. It doesn't look like a line drive in the paper, but it looked real important to me. That's the kind of stuff you're looking for. |