I've always enjoyed his managing because he does what he thinks is right. He's's a phenomenon because here he is in his 70s and he's still got the same enthusiasm for the game and he's got that wealth of experience. |
I've always felt it's not personal, it's organizational and being in the right place at the right time, |
I've always felt it's not personal, it's organizational and being in the right place at the right time. But . . . I'm going to take a little personal tour. It was a very emotional day. |
I've always felt it's not personal, it's organizational and being in the right place at the right time. But tonight I'm going to take a little personal tour. It was a very emotional day. |
I've answered this question every time exactly how I believe it, and that is that we had the luxury of a crooked-number lead, and the responsibility of our relievers were No. 1: Get outs. But No. 2: Don't give them any cheap opportunities, which means walking guys because you're being too fine, |
I've been sat down and told they can give me a better way to do everything. They really are convinced that they can sit there and crunch out a formula that negates my power of observation. |
I've had a couple of conversations with him and I know he's feeling better today than we thought he would and there's still 24 hours, ... So we'll see. |
I've had to answer to it two or three times. He flips the bat one time and after five-plus years, everybody's going to question that he just did it? He's had big hit after big hit. That is so weak. |
I've paid him a lot of compliments. He earned a lot of respect from managing through a lot of injuries and through when they were forced to trade Aramis Ramirez. I thought he did a good job of keeping his club competitive every time we saw them. |
I've paid him a lot of compliments. He earned a lot of respect, with a lot of tough situations. There were injuries, they were forced to sell or trade guys like [Aramis] Ramirez. I thought he did a good job of keeping the club competitive every time we saw them. |
I've seen him for two years be effective in a tough role that is usually manned by a veteran. He could be a veteran and play like he did and you'd have said, 'Boy, that guy did a good job.' To do it as a young player is even more impressive. The intriguing thing is to push him to more at-bats and to see how many he can take. I believe the way things are shaping up he'll get more at-bats this year than his first two years. |
I've seen him hit the ball harder more often before. But he keeps getting pitched tougher all the time, so for him to maintain this thing, he's better than ever. |
I've talked to him more than I have any player. He's been right on time and even ahead of time, and he's also been putting in a lot of time. He's working out sometimes twice a day. He's doing the activities; he just has to be careful. |
I've watched him since the first day he showed up in spring training, and he works (hard). He's got a real live body, he can do a lot of things, and he's showed it the last few days. |
I've watched him the last two or three years. He's growing up, he's got special talents and he's got a special attitude. You have to have that to play in the big leagues. It's just a matter of letting him play. |