As long as he's healthy that would be great, ... If we can do it, we'd do it at home. There's no point to doing it on the road. |
As long as we're the ones who have one or two more than the other team, it doesn't matter either way, |
As much as we would like to hitch him to a wagon and let him take us as far as he can, we're just not going to do that. We want to build something that will last, and sometimes you have to make difficult choices. |
At about the 85 to 90 pitch mark, I don't know if he got a little tired and stopped over-throwing or if something clicked for him, but he really settled in. I wish he could have thrown 180 pitches because I would have left him in there. |
At some point in the future, I would probably consider it, but I don't know if we're there yet. But certainly that's one of our options. |
At some point in time, I would [consider it]. I don't know that we're there yet. But certainly that's one of the options. |
Back in the early 90s and mid 90s, the philosophy was to club people to death. The philosophy was to beat them with our bats and shut them down with our bullpen. I think it's a little different now [because of the starting pitching]. |
Baseball is baseball, no matter where it's played. |
Baseball is baseball, whether you're playing it in Nome, Alaska, or Tokyo, Japan, or Seattle, Wash.. But I think it would be terribly difficult coming to a brand-new country and a new culture and trying to learn that. The thing I like about Kenji is he's been assertive when he needs to be and respectful when it's needed. I know he's worked very, very hard at it. |
Baseball workouts are inherently boring. It's good to break up things every once in a while. |
Because it's baseball and you go through things like this. There is no other answer. |
Before I was ejected, it looked like he was a little tentative, instead of going right after the hitters like when he first got here. We'll have a talk with him. |
Beltre came down and offered. Surprised? Knowing him ... no. |
Betancourt tried the hidden ball. The only thing is he didn't tell anyone else. |
But it's not that concerning right now. He was supposed to play the last two games here in Tucson, but he's had a lot of playing time and he's leading the team in at-bats [19]. So it's not that big a deal he misses a couple or three days. |