(Brett) Myers threw a good game of course. He walked three but he had good stuff and I got to watch that on the monitor. He had a good cutter and got his breaking ball over. Of course Howard hit the two home runs and the bullpen did a good job. |
(Culbreth) said that Kenny never got to the plate, |
[Despite not reaching the playoffs, Manuel may have answered critics who believe his hiring was influenced by the presence of Thome, a close friend from their days together in Cleveland.] I don't need anybody to help me get a job [in baseball], ... I've been in baseball 42 years. I don't need to brown-nose or kiss anybody's [behind]. I didn't get here by being a yes man. |
[Howard] just got through saying he didn't know what was going to happen, |
[Jae] Seo had pinpoint control the last time we saw him. We have to make him throw a lot of pitches early. |
[Philadelphia | SS Jimmy Rollins went into the weekend with a 21-game hitting streak, raising his average to .276.] He's putting together some short, quick swings, ... He's popping the ball good. |
[Pitching coach Rich] Dubee and I will talk ... whoever we think matches up good against that team. |
[Still], I think Houston will run into some teams that will play them tough. ... Anything can happen. That's why you can't get down if you lose a game. You just have to come out the next stay fired up and stay after it for 12 games. Play your [backside] off, and some good things might happen. |
[Today] we're going to watch and see how he moves. He's not running at full speed and I told him not to overdue it. |
[Trainer Jeff Cooper] gives me updates on him every day. It's still going to be a little while. |
A big hit there. Then we could have made things interesting. |
A lot of times, they write it up and fine a guy for throwing his helmet. I was arguing that, but I was also arguing the play. I thought he beat the ball. |
Actually, I thought their hitters worked him pretty good, and he handled it pretty good and stayed with them. I was wanting to stretch him out some and had him in gear. |
After what happened the other night, I just said, 'What are you going to do?' ... You have to look ahead and keep going. That's all we can do. That is the thing to do. |
And keep our fan base, too. |