The one thing I can take credit for is for not trying to be someone else. I've always tried to be a manager who allowed his players to play. The game is theirs. What I've done for 10 years is try to stay out of their way. |
The one thing I found out about him, when he gets in trouble he seems to be tougher, which is a very good trait to have for a pitcher. He's a big cheerleader for our ball club. He sits on the bench in between starts and he's one of our main guys as far as keeping everybody going. |
The one thing we want to do is not rely on the one guy, only because you don't want to overuse somebody. If you have a couple of guys who can do the job and have them understand what we're going do, I think we can keep everybody strong. |
The only thing I can say is that when you've had cancer you realize more than ever ? even though you should probably realize it before ? how important raising money for research is. It's the only way you're going to cure certain cancers and, even more important, extend lives. It was 1999 when I was diagnosed. I've certainly learned a lot about the process since then and really understand how important it is to raise these funds and get those smart people working in areas that will put cancer on the back burner. |
The only thing I could see was bad location. He kept some pitches up in the zone. It was a strange game. He dominated in seven of the eight innings he pitched. They battled him, but I felt very comfortable watching him pitch. |
The only thing I wanted him to do was have a plan, ... To me, being in between is worse than being wrong, because when you're in between, you're never right. So that was basically the conversation. |
The only thing I've said to him is: 'You've already established who you are. There's nothing for you to do that has to be any different from that. The way I judge people is not necessarily where they go eat dinner or where they build a house, it's just how they play between the lines. And the way he plays the game, it would be tough for him not to fit in anywhere. |
The only thing you hope doesn't happen is that we start and then stop. That would be a hardship we'd have to deal with. |
The only thing you need to adjust to is the slicing and the hooking. In center field you don't get those balls that slice away from you. There are balls in the corner that are going to scoot around. I feel very pleased that he's been able to play them as well as he played them. |
The only way they're going to get better is to do more research. That's where the cures are, that's where the abilities to extend people's lives are. |
The players have a great deal of confidence right now. And they seem to be having some fun with it, even though they know it's a serious time. |
The playoffs have been going on for us for awhile. |
The pressure was totally on Chacon and he handled it really well, |
The pressure was totally on Chacon and he handled it really well. |
The respect other teams have for [Matsui] is incredible. When you watch him play day in, day out, that becomes pretty obvious. He's pretty versatile. He can hit anywhere in the lineup. |