That opens the lanes in the defense for him to be a more productive hitter. It's an important thing for him to have in his game. |
That pitcher-catcher communication is essential and I know those guys are schooled very deeply on that in Japan and I think that transition will probably be a little easier. |
That power arm is alive and well. That is what was scouted. He got up in the zone a little bit, but he showed his power arm. |
That series is going to be there and the challenges are going to be there. But the challenge right now is tomorrow's ballgame. There's no sense in dealing in anything but trying to go out there and win tomorrow's game. |
That Tampa Bay team, the way they played in the second half [37-30 since the All-Star break], they can score runs, they're a challenge. Bart didn't miss many spots, but when he did he paid for it today. |
That was a great throw. He caught the ball and he got it to second base in a hurry. |
That was a key with Gregg. Paul Byrd wasn't sharp tonight, but he went as far as he could. I think Kevin Gregg coming in and keeping us in the game was very important, and the other guys followed suit. |
That was an outstanding performance by John Lackey, |
That was an outstanding performance by John Lackey, ... Unfortunately, Chacon matched him pitch for pitch. |
That was one play, and it was not desirable, but that is going to happen from time to time. [Guerrero] controls the running game and he has good range. Funny things happen in this park, and he just missed the ball. |
That was the right call. Kendall got off a good throw but you can't interfere cutting across the plate with his vision of throwing either. Jeff stepped across the plate. |
That's a big spot for him and it was big for their club at the time. We did get him out the rest of the night, but that one at-bat ... he squared it up and hit it well. |
That's a tough lineup, and you have to make pitches in good locations to get them out. I think he got a little too fine in some counts. |
That's impressive for a youngster to have that good of at-bat in his first post-season at-bat. |
that's not in the plans right now. |