This gives Ibanez a day off from playing and Everett a day off. It kills two birds with one stone. |
This is beautiful now. The last time I was here, this place, they should have blown it up. |
This kid's got a lot to offer. We just have to be patient and let him be 20 years old. |
Those games proved out the old truism: You live and die with pitching. Actually, all three games of this series did. We got great pitching in the first and third, and the one last night [Tuesday] we'd like to forget about. Taking two of three from the White Sox is pretty special. |
To add the runs on is huge. You really couldn't write it up better than it happened tonight. Everybody is doing what they're supposed to do in the lineup. |
To his credit, he wanted to pitch. |
To tell you the truth. I was surprised they called it a hit. Especially in a no-no. |
Today he threw some nice breaking balls and a decent sinker, which could be better. For a first outing, it was fine. But to evaluate too much this early, you'll drive yourself nuts. |
Today, he pitched some nice breaking balls. He pitched some decent sinkers that could be better. But that was his first outing. |
Tonight he was really good. He can get wild and throw a lot of balls. We tried to let him do that, but he didn't. |
Tonight we saw the results of not pitching in 14 days. Even with that, they only got two hits off him. He was behind a lot of the hitters, and that's not Felix. It's obvious the time off had an impact. |
Tonight, we were our own worst enemy. It wasn't lack of effort, it may have been because of too much effort. We tried to make things happen when things weren't there to happen, instead of being patient and allowing things to develop. |
Two 3-1 counts, and we got fastballs up to guys you don't want to get fastballs up to, and they hit them out. |
Two days off, especially in April, isn't going to hurt him at all. We want him to get to the point where he doesn't have to think about it. |
Two or three of them we could have kept for another week, but to get one inning in a week is not good for them or us. Sending them down makes sense, let them get ready for the season. |