Knowing him as we do, I don't think he was goal-oriented there. He's too professional and too good at what he does. |
Knowing him as we do, I doubt that he was goal-oriented there – especially getting up in situations where base hits were so important to us. He's too professional, just too good at what he does. |
Knowing the makeup of the individual, knowing the fact that somebody's not afraid to make a mistake and the intelligence, that makes confidence in him easy for me to have. |
Last couple of games he's swung the bat really well. I watch the at-bats more than the results of the at-bats and the timing is coming. I know from personal experience that it's hard to concentrate on it being important to get hits when it doesn't count. |
Last spring is a perfect indication. No matter how well he does, there's always going to be that cloud that you're always aware of. |
Last year it was just a combination of things where they didn't get off on the right foot and it just stayed there, basically. |
Lee was certainly qualified for this position before he had been a major league manager and he's only that much more capable now, |
Leo is very good at what he does, |
Leo is very good at what he does, and I go back a long way with Leo, ... He wouldn't be a stranger to me if that's who we wind up with. |
Leo is very good at what he does. I go back a long way with Leo. I was managing the Braves when he was in the minor league system over there. |
Lou isn't someone who is going to sit around and wait for time to march on. He's a very animated, passionate guy about what he does, and he takes a lot of pride in what he does. I give him a lot of credit after the bad first half that they had, to have the second half that they've had. That's all credited to his keeping their attention. |
Luis got a little too aggressive in sending Matsui, especially on the turf where you get the ball quickly. We dodged a bullet. |
Luis got a little too aggressive there. |
Luis was a little over-aggressive there, ... We let them off the hook. |
Major. I think he's major for us. He was our No.1 priority as far as free agent signings and he never got into a groove of any kind. But I think he's major for us. |