A lot of people don't realize how important he is to this club. Even in that nine hole, being a hitter, bringing in a run, stealing a base. Defensively, he's done a great job for us since the first day we've had him. He just catches everything, turns the double play with the best of them, so his total game is there right now. |
Good hitters make adjustments and he has been making adjustments. You don't do that, you're not going to survive at this level, but he's been doing that. |
He came back with a purpose, and it's going to be very, very interesting. If he keeps going the way he is, and stays around, he's going to make us better. |
He might win a batting title one day. I'll go on record as predicting that. |
He'll get pissed off, and you'd better watch out. They don't want to piss him off ---- they want to keep him quiet. |
He's got power; that's why he gets triples. It's not just his speed. He has a short, strong swing both right-handed and left-handed. He has good hands and if you make a mistake he will drive it. |
He's like [Vladimir Guerrero]. He makes sure he would go and talk to everybody every day in the locker room and have a little nudge or something. When he walked on that field, well, he never walked on that field, he ran on that field. He was a champion and everybody in Minnesota knows that. |
I can't imagine it will be like this tomorrow. |
I don't have answers for it. I just don't see a confidence level. They're playing hard, they're competing. Everything's fine. Right now, we're just not clicking in the game. It's happened to our team a lot. |
I don't have any answers for you. We've gone through a lot of games like this and we've gone and turned it around. |
I give Finley a lot of credit. The kind of year he's gone through has been very frustrating for him, but that hasn't stopped him from being a team guy. |
I got frustrated because I saw the replay and I read his lips. I went out and the umpire threw me out and I got mad. You can't just sit back. It was an offensive play and I was frustrated. |
I really like his swing, and he really likes his swing. This is the best I've ever seen him. He has made adjustments and compressed his swing. His setup and approach has improved. He is seeing the ball real well. |
I really like the way Garret is swinging. This year it looks like he's back to the old Garret. |
I think he's real close to playing. |