If he starts ripping the cover off the ball, that always puts a thought in your mind to keep him. Playing everyday in the outfield is a better thing for him right now, so one thing I don't want is him here coming off the bench and being a pinch-hitter. |
If pitchers make mistakes against those guys, they can hurt you. |
If you can figure out a way to get a pitcher up here, with all of our players down and hurt, and tell me who you want to take off this roster to bring a pitcher up here . |
If you have two different theories for where you hit in the lineup, you're a pretty good hitter. |
If you're offered a chance to play for your country, do it. That's a proud moment. |
In the middle, you have to be vocal. And that's what he needs to understand. He needs to get down there and just take control. Play as a quarterback, if you will. |
In this league, you're going to get hammered if you just throw fastballs. |
It blew the game open. |
It choked me up a bit to see that. That was a nice thing by Big Buch. He was around Puck enough to really know him. |
It could be a while if our lineup starts clicking and scoring some runs. |
It did hit me this year after Jacque [Jones] signed [with the Cubs] that I've got Torii as the last guy of position players left from when I started managing. Four years and only one position player -- that's amazing. |
It didn't feel good, so that's a little scary. A groin muscle can last who knows how many days. He's one of the guys we count on off the bench to pinch-run, and that is our speed guy off the bench. We don't really have much off the bench as speed guys go, besides him. |
It didn't look good. He could barely walk and he told me the brace really bothered him. You never knew if he was going to wear that brace all the time or if he was going to get out of it. He was killing the ball at the plate, but he could hardly get to first base. |
It doesn't change ... no matter when or where you see Puck, when he comes around everything is brightened up. Now we are just all hoping that he gets through this thing OK. |
It drifted down, and he just went and got it. |