It will be a good challenge for us. |
It would be like guys talking about cars. Rebuilding a carburetor is nothing for them. For me, that's an impossibility, it's not going to happen unless I take it somewhere. But for a hitter those are terms that are pretty commonplace. |
It's a big pick-me-up. Some guys showed up big time tonight. |
It's a chance for us to see him, watch his bullpen session, say hello. |
It's a fine line between being intimidated and trying to play smart baseball and win a game. |
It's a matter of fundamentals and execution. We found a comfort zone last year and we didn't panic. |
It's a meaningful afternoon, particularly (when) the kids come out and you learn about what they have been able to accomplish in the past year. |
It's a memory for him. |
It's a situation we can live with because we worked to create the depth we have. We have people in place to step up. We have the depth to be able to deal with things like this now. |
It's a special spring for him. He's gaining the respect of his teammates. He's gaining the respect of players he's playing against. But the bottom line it's still spring training. So, there's the dose of reality ... that there's going to be an opening day for him and he's going to be hitting .000 and he's going to have no homers. But we do like what we're seeing. |
It's a topic of discussion right now, ... Most of these things aren't going to be finalized until December. But in-depth discussion was had about Ardoin, was had about Greene, was had about Closser, and that will continue. And we haven't even got to the names that we would have a tendency to glance at and see who could be available and what [financially] would they be available. |
It's added credibility to our evaluation that we had the right people. |
It's an uncomfortable spot for the manager. Basically, you don't want anyone to get hurt, whether it be the guy doing the pitching or the guys doing the hitting. |
It's been a little rock in our shoe. We'll work it out. We ran the bases outstanding all spring. For whatever reason we've made some mistakes on the bases. We'll get it tightened up. We've got the athletes to do it. |
It's been one of my goals since I got this job to get this place rocking again and get it jammed with people. |