Walks and hit batters are not a good formula against this club. They worked the daylights out of (Zito). One guy after another having five-, six-, seven-pitch at-bats — that's a task at getting through that batting order.
Wash absolutely can do that. That's half the battle. ... I don't have any evidence that (Washington) would be anything but (a successful manager).
We almost caught a break there,
We almost caught a break there. But then he hit the three-run homer. We all saw that it hit the ground, and Kendall scooped it.
We always undergo a lot of change every year. I've been here even years and there's always been key players leaving and new guys put in. That's all been done by Billy and done well. I think he knows how I feel about what will be needed.
We both have our way of keeping things in perspective. You have your wins and you have your losses.
We brought Jason here to be our leadoff hitter, so we're gonna stick with Plan A. I spoke with the Pirates hitting coach [Gerald Perry] this morning, and he said this is the time of year -- at least in the two years he was with [Kendall] -- that he turned it on.
We can make sure to get him game ready hitting-wise. He went through minimal rehab when he came back last year and hit 12 home runs in 100 at bats. I take that as an indicator he'll be fine.
We can't start a guy and have him go two innings,
We could go to spring training and make a couple more moves. To worry about things like that now, I don't see any merit in doing that.
We couldn't do much against Moyer. He pitched his usual game, moving the ball around, changing speeds, cutting it, sinking it, curving it, changing it. We didn't have a lot of opportunities.
We did a nice job of keeping the score close enough to make a run at the end of the game.
We didn't have Crosby in April and then (starter Rich) Harden went down. We had our No. 3 hitter out of the lineup, some young guys in the rotation and we played the Yankees and Red Sox 12 straight games. That will give you a slow start.
We didn't make any pitches. You get good hitters and leave it in the middle of the plate, and they burn you.
We do extensive preparation, particularly in our pitching, ... (Bullpen coach) Bob Geren helps Curt. Curt said to me, 'All this work. I'd like to start seeing some results.' I said, 'Stick with it. Persistence.'
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