731 ordspråk av Mike Hargrove
Mike Hargrove
I don't mind that this happened, I really don't. I think having some passion in this game is a good thing.
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I don't put a lot of stock in players coming in early. It's nice they come in early, but it's not that they are hungrier than the others.
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I don't see how Bob Wolcott wins that game had Dan Wilson not been behind the plate.
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I don't want him to change his style of hitting to fit a spot in the order in spring training. I just want him to swing the bat. If he's a first-strike hitter, then that's what I want him to be. I just want him to be the same guy here that he was in Japan, for right now. We've got plenty of time for the other stuff.
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I feel bad that we didn't pitch as well as we can. We had some guys that fought for jobs that didn't step up. That was a shame. Consequently, they're not here.
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I felt this was the year where he really had to grind it out, and he did that.
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I figured it was as good as any. I figured if we couldn't protect a 10-run lead ... We got him out there, and I'm not sure he took a breath the whole time he was out there.
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I got a lump in my throat listening to him,
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I hadn't seen that opposite field power all spring. But the last few days he's been starting to pull the ball more.
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I hate saying this, but sometimes you've got to tip your hat to someone. He hit his spots and had command of all his pitches. We didn't hit many balls hard off him. We were fortunate to get the two hits we got.
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I hate to use those two matchup guys, Sherrill and Putz, that early. They both did a great job and gave us a chance to do what we did later.
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I haven't gone around and taken a poll -- and I won't -- but I would bet if you went out and asked all those guys about their favorite teammates, a lot of them would mention Kenji as one of them.
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I haven't made a pronouncement. But I've seen nothing out there from him that makes me think he can't play center field and play it well.
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I haven't seen anything to make us think he can't play a little bit.
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I hesitate to say what kind of expectations I have because I don't want to put any limitations on him. There are things we will talk to him about, but it's unfair to put any expectations on him.
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