474 ordspråk av Bob Melvin
Bob Melvin
I think he's more relaxed this year. Last year he didn't know what to expect. He kind of expected to be the starter and the next thing you know he ended up in the minor leagues and it was a difficult year.
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I think he's ready. He's spent a lot of time here and has a great reputation in the organization. We think very highly of him.
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I think that's a stretch. Having a third opinion, people may look at that as a concern. We don't. We're encouraged with what we've heard.
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I think there is more than a 50 percent chance that he doesn't [start on Monday]. My feeling is that he will play in San Diego, but I just don't know which game that will be.
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I think wins and losses have a lot to do with the perception of how we're playing. Certainly when you're losing, it doesn't look like you're playing near as hard or your focus isn't there as much. That's just a product of losing. I think the focus and approach has been the same all year.
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I think [it bothers him] more so in the field than at the plate. It's when he slows down or takes off or when he dives for a ball and hits it wrong, those are the times you see it. He's had to play with it all year and some days it's better than others. We've tried to monitor it and give him a day off when he needs a day off. The way he's swinging right now, it's hard to give him a day off.
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I think [Saturday] will go a long way in how he actually feels going into the season. [The number of] pitches won't be a problem, it's just the amount of times that he's been out there where he feels comfortable with his mechanics and so forth is going to be the main thing with him.
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I thought Padilla, early on, had as good stuff as I'd seen. I mean, he was throwing 96 miles an hour and had good sink and then just started getting wild with it. I thought we were in for a tough time early on.
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I thought that was really going to be an emotional play in the game for us.
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I thought we had some pretty decent approaches on him. You know, Alex hits the ball hard right there at the end. But when he comes in the game, he's finished the deal quite a few times.
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I thought we had them in a good situation and the right guy up there. A lot of times, it's one or two at-bats that swing a game one way or the other, and that certainly was the case.
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I thought when I was asked about [Vazquez] [Friday] that someone knew something about [the injury]. He doesn't want anybody to know about it -- he just goes out there and does his thing.
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I told you he was in good shape.
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I was standing up for my guy; he was standing up for his.
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I wouldn't argue the fact that we were probably a little too professional last year. Doesn't mean they weren't playing hard. It's just that, on the surface, it looked like we were a little too laid back.
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