About a week ago he got to feeling like himself again. He's locked in. He's ready to start the season right now. |
Granted, it's (mostly in) spring training ... but he's had about as good a 10-day streak as I've ever seen anybody have. |
He had a timing issue early in camp. When the timing is off, you start to make adjustments and things start going the other way. |
He never stopped working. He kept working and working and never gave up. That's the kind of guy he is. |
He seemed to really get locked in. Once he got on a roll, it was obvious. We were like, 'That's him.' We just pat him on the back now. |
He's a professional. I love his thought process. He's already told me a couple of times before going up there what he was looking for. He's gotten it and hit it. He knows what he's doing in every sense. |
I have an idea of why his swing is so good. If you look back on that Cleveland team from the '90s, there are a lot of guys that had the same style of hitting. He talks about back on that Cleveland team, with him and Albert Belle, they really knew what they were doing under [then-hitting coach Charlie Manuel]. |
I like that they're trying to get in new jobs. We need that. |
I presume you feel better now? |
I spent (Tuesday) night with the Three Stooges, |
I talked to a lot of Oakland people out there, what they teach, and they said they have a lot more luck drafting that type of player and trading for that type of player than they do creating that type of player. I think it's just the way your brain works. It's very hard to teach. |
I was here when the Bears won, I know how big they were. Every player had his own restaurant. |
I'm his biggest fan. I'm not a defensive guy, but I would pay to watch him play defense. |
I'm so happy for the ownership, |
In a lot of ways they were opposites. But they became very close. I don't think they ever really changed at all. |