He was under control. He was just bitter, but he'll get through it. |
He was very erratic. He was feeling his asthma tonight. He was shaky, but fought it off. He gave us everything he had. |
He wasn't going back out. He was at 110 pitches. He's not 22 anymore. |
He wasn't sure he was able to do what he needed to do for the Red Sox like he has in the past for other teams, and I think he has had mixed emotions all spring. |
He went out and did what he's supposed to do, and he did it so convincingly that the medical people were on board. It's the time of year when if you can play, you do play, and the good news is Johnny feels ready to be productive. |
He went right through us. If not for that one swing early by Varitek, we might not have ever gotten a chance in the ninth. |
He wouldn't be there if I didn't think he could do it. |
He?s got some major league time. I told him, ?I don?t think you?re commanding right now enough to be on this team.? The best way to do that is to get consistent innings, not get on a bus and pitch one inning. |
He?s really got a bright future. I hope he understands that working his way to that bright future should be very fun. |
He?s so consumed with being ready on time for Opening Day, and to not have to come out because he?s not ready. It just eats at him, it always does. |
He?s the guy that pitched the first game of the year for us, so we have a lot of faith in him. But it?s nice to see him out there being healthy, because if he?s healthy, then he?s just competing. We feel pretty strongly that he?s a good pitcher, that?s why he got the ball today. |
He'd done bat drills, but only one-handed. He's done nothing where he's going to make contact with the baseball or put any kind of stress on that. He's done a lot of throwing, running, conditioning, things like that. Anything he can do to try to stay as close as he can so that when he comes back, it won't take a long time. |
He'll be fine. It won't take that long. He'll get one swing and it'll click, and he'll be OK. I bet (the Mariners) are still not excited when he comes to the plate. |
He'll definitely start a few games. We'll move him around a little bit, let him play a little bit of right, a little bit of left. He'll get his at bats, for sure. |
He'll just stay back and do his work while we're gone. |