515 ordspråk av Ken Macha
Ken Macha
I thought he went. But it doesn't matter what I think.
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I thought our makeup was going to be our strength,
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I told him I was appreciative of him giving me the job,
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I view the whole thing as the window is getting smaller.
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I view the whole thing as the window is getting smaller. If he's fine today, maybe Friday he'll throw to some hitters. We'll just go step by step.
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I was not optimistic that he'd be able to give us much. And because I know what a great kid Mark is and how hard he'd been working, I felt a lot worse for him than I did for the team.
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I was thinking perhaps they may walk him. Then I would have Chris [ Singleton ] up there hitting with one out and Chris got speed. Chance of a double play diminished a little bit.
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I wasn't going to bring him into a 1-0 game the first time back. There was a lot of drama in that game. It wasn't for the faint of heart.
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I wasn't throwing them out there. The guys want to win. When you don't win, some guys throw things. That's fine. You call it frustration, other people say you want to see a little fire. You saw a little fire coming out of the dugout when the game was over.
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I watched his batting practice yesterday, and he swung OK. We'll see if it carries over to today.
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I went to take Kennedy out and (catcher) Jason Kendall asked me how my heart rate was. I thought it got in a little on him (Teixeira). You can get it in on him, and the ball can still go out. Maybe (my rate) was elevated. I'll have to check the monitor.
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I wish the news would be better on that front, but it's not.
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I would prefer that he play to see how he did. But if he comes up here I'm sure we'll be up here with him to see how he does. If playing in one of those games will jeopardize his health, then it's better that he not play.
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I would say guys who pitch in the Caribbean Series are ahead, really. You come to Spring Training and you back up. We'll take it easy on him for a little bit and then we'll put him in there.
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I would say he wouldn't play (today). Let's hope it's only that.
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