He always busted his tail off and had a great thing to say to everybody in the clubhouse. I can guarantee you all this, as long as I'm running this baseball team, we will play the game with respect, run the ball out and give you a show, because that is what Kirby would want us to do. |
He attacked the zone like our other pitchers. He doesn't back away. He throws strikes. The game was moving along, and that's what we like to see. That keeps our [defense] in the game. He's going to be a very good pitcher if he continues. |
He battled his tail off. I tip my hat for him for that. |
He battled through it. He didn't have his greatest stuff. Johan battled through it and gave us everything he had. |
He busted his butt down the line. He was out. Shannon probably talked a little too much. It's frustration. |
He can catch the ball at first base. He can pop the ball as you saw. That's all you can ask. |
He can do those things. That's what we envisioned when he got him over here. |
He can give us a little injection by going in there and doing what he does best. |
He can still crack it. |
He did a super job. That'll be a plus for us. |
He didn't even move. He just stood there at second. I talked to him in the dugout and he said he thought the ball was going to go foul. You still would be running. To me, that's not a good enough answer. So I just put the other guy out there and we move on. |
He didn't exactly light it up in spring training. We didn't know where it was going. |
He didn't go after the ball. He didn't even move. |
He didn't live and die with every play and every at-bat. He kind of learned to take it as it was. Go out and play defense, separate the two and he did very well at that. He played offense and he played defense and he was more confident. |
He didn't play well here. He didn't hit the ball great, he didn't play great defense, but that's not the Bret Boone that we all know. He's a very classy young man. I have a lot of respect for him. |