Those were big plays. Could have obviously gotten us some momentum going. |
Time is dwindling down, ... We can use a jolt right now. |
Timing is very important. Transition to New York, and thank goodness he's off to a nice start so everyone can feel good about him and he can feel good about himself. |
To get to the next level, we have to get way past that thinking. |
To put him on the DL right away would be playing it safe, obviously. But it's also important that we don't rush him onto the DL because he is feeling better today. So even if he doesn't play this weekend, he might be able to go on Tuesday. |
To stay in shape as long as he has is phenomenal. His leadership is important. He's the type of guy who brings a lot to the table. |
Today, it was obviously pretty much bad game management. He gave up an 0-2 home run [to Barfield], which is not what you want to do. He made bad pitches at the wrong time. He has to do a better job of managing his game. |
Today, obviously it's pretty much bad game management. Anytime you give up 0-2 home runs, that's not what you want to do. We had that quick 1-2-3 pitcher and then all hell broke loose in that one inning where he should have gotten out of that real easy. He just made bad pitches at the wrong time. |
Tommy threw the ball well again, but Jason Schmidt pitched well, too. He made the pitches when he had to. |
Tommy was outstanding, vintage Glavine. He's been coming on steady for us since the early season shaky starts. |
Tonight could be totally different. I'm going by respect for his ability. |
Until you're in the fire, you don't know. He has a nice demeanor and make-up, and he's very confident in his abilities. But New York is always a different animal. If I had to guess if he would handle things pretty well, I would say yes, but until you get in there, you don't know for sure. |
Victor has a lot of movement on his pitches, so sometimes he's going to be out of the zone. But this year is a different year. And I'm hoping that he can stay around the zone, so he can use his stuff and let his stuff naturally work for him, because he's got good movement. |
Victor was fine tonight. Last year, he was good for us for a little stretch. I'm hoping he'll get back to that again. I have a lot of confidence in Victor Zambrano. |
Victor, ... can be somewhat erratic. |