We know he's out there, We have a guy ( Tyler Walker ) now saving games who has a good relationship with the fans. |
We might not need Barry. |
We need a lift and Barry brings expectations when he comes to the plate. It will energize the crowd and the team. |
We need a lift. We have been lifted by kids. Can you imagine a guy like Barry? I'm going to take a front seat and I'm not even playing. Too bad we are where we are. That's the sad thing about it. |
We said last year the Giants were coming up with position guys who are respectable big-league prospects. These guys are swinging the bat well. Elly is hitting the ball. (Todd) Linden is getting hot. (Steve) Finley looks like he's getting two hits every time he plays. Overall, the hitters are looking pretty good. |
We spent five months losing series. That's what has us five games back - not the loss tonight. |
We waited a long time, so if we wait another day or two or three, it's OK. |
We want starting pitchers to be able to pitch (in the spring), even if they're going to give up runs. We want to get away from the trap we were in last year with a lot of three- and four-inning starts. |
We want to make sure everything is fine, that Barry is healthy. We want to be careful that when he gets in [a game], everything will be all right. I won't anticipate anything. He could do [running drills] tomorrow, but he's more or less doing his thing, and enjoying the fact he's physically well and getting stronger. |
We were pushing him to get off to a start. He was fresh. Now the effect of playing all those games showed up two days ago. |
We were right. But it turned out to be a disaster. |
We were the ones who opened the doors for the rest of the nationalities, ... But we had it tough. |
We'll see what happens in the next couple of days. |
We'll see where we can hit him that will benefit him the most and the team the most. As far as I'm concerned right now, it's cleanup. That's what we're looking at now but we haven't played one game yet. |
We'll take anything that will put us in the playoffs. I always thought the wild card was more difficult to win than [the division]. You have so many clubs fighting for the wild card. [The division] looks easier, at times. |