Our goal was to give them something to hold onto over the winter. At the start of the season, we knew we had a difficult task in front of us, a lot of challenges. A lot of opportunities were extended to a lot of young players. And a lot of young players answered. |
Our young players give us reason to be optimistic for the future. Holliday continues to improve and should become a good offensive player. |
Plus, to challenge him. We got to remember what we're trying to accomplish over here, regardless of what the other team's trying to accomplish. He had some adversity and I thought he bounced back pretty well through it all. |
Ramirez gave us a big shot in the arm. The one thing about Ramirez is that he just keeps on bringing it. We've seen him throw nothing but strikes this year, and I think he was only behind two hitters, but he was a little all over the zone tonight. He had to throw more pitches, but he battled back. |
Right now, ... anything I'd say is speculation. |
Skill. He's hit everywhere he's been. I don't think he's ever not hit. You might have to check Little League and junior high. Ever since we've had him, he's hit. |
Some times the male ego gets in the way of a lot of things. |
Somehow we have to find a way to get him involved. |
Someone needs to step forward. |
Someone once said in a game of tug of war that the side with the better toe hold has the edge. |
Sometimes a change of scenery can help out with the confidence level. That's as good an outing as you're going to see at this ballpark for as long as it stands here. |
Sometimes I play a guy just because I want to play him. |
Sometimes we are going to slow him down a little bit. |
Spinning out of his delivery. Most of the times when he misses, it's (to his) arm side. |
Teams had issues to deal with over the winter. We had less than most anybody because we had so much more movement the last few years. |