The ball wasn't going where he wanted it to. I'm sure he was a little frustrated. I've thrown my hands up a couple times already this spring. |
The biggest question going into this season is our run production. I really want us to score more runs than we did last year. That has to change, plain and simple. |
The biggest question? Scoring runs. Anyway we can, by hook or crook, that's what we're going to do. |
The biggest thing for Gil is to stop worrying and thinking so much about his mechanics and trust his ability. To me, that is the biggest hurdle Gil has in front of him. |
The first couple of innings, he was struggling with his mechanics. He had trouble throwing strikes. It was not typical of his outings so far, but to his credit, he settled down and pitched very well the rest of the way. |
The first curve he threw he left up, |
The first two innings, every pitch Ryan threw was down the middle and waist high. |
The good ones do have a way of making it look easy. The thing is, it's never as easy as he makes it look. There's a reason that shortstops are almost always the best athletes on the field. The position demands so much. It's an error-prone position. It's tough to do what he's done. |
The good ones you have to get as early as you can. He settled down more quickly than we hoped. Washburn settled down, too, but not as quickly. That was the game: Santana settled down and gave up one run, and Jarrod settled down and gave up four. |
The good ones, you get to them early. You don't want to give them a chance to settle in. Both guys had a tough inning, and both settled in after that. Their guy settled in a little bit sooner, though. |
The kid had good stuff tonight and I'm sitting there in the sixth wondering how many pitches to give him to try and get his no-no, |
The kid had good stuff. I was sitting in the dugout wondering how many pitches to give him for a chance at his no-no. I was in a quandary. I probably would have let him go to 130 pitches, but we'll never know. |
The last four games, it seems like it's been somebody different every night. You certainly need that. |
The last two or three days we've gotten a bit banged up in the outfield. Thank goodness we had a few guys from Tacoma come in, and that Morse came off suspension. |
The Lawton play was exactly the kind of thing we've stressed all spring. You can't just sit back and wait. The other day, Raul went from first to third on a short ball to right. In both cases, last year we probably would have stayed put. This year, we want to apply pressure. |