I never really doubted the character of this team. Inexperience shows, and that's something we've got to live with, but the character has always been there. ... We've got a lot of young guys that need to show progress if we're going to get better, and I think they will. |
I never thought any other way. If you can't catch the ball, you're not going to win. It is not just the error. It is the plays you don't get to. |
I really wanted keep Gobble out there for the fifth but this was his first start and we wanted to keep him at about 60 pitches. |
I still don't think that he'll pitch for us. I know he wants to but ... he's talking about pitching winter ball and we're going to talk about that, too. |
I talked to him [Saturday]. He's gone home for personal matters. That's all I can say about it. |
I think all their command was off, which is pretty typical. We're going to have to deal with lack of command for a while, as most of the Rangers pitchers were dealing with it, too. I don't pay much attention to it. Having them to be able to repeat their delivery is going to take some time. As far as results, I don't pay a whole lot of attention the first week to 10 days. |
I think everybody is talking about our infield (defense) being better, which it is. But our outfield defense is going to be better, too. |
I think he'll be all right. |
I think it should be a lot better. It is going to need to be better because we're going to have some pitchers who are going to be able to throw strikes. Our starters will put the ball in play. It has got to be better. |
I think the two rain delays didn't help matters. |
I think we're all very optimistic. Because of the changes we made over the winter, because of the chemistry we developed through the course of spring training, I think we all feel pretty good about where we're at right now. |
I think when you're in the public eye you unfortunately have to get that kind of stupidity. But that's the way it is. You just live with it and move on. |
I thought Chip continued to play well, regardless of where he's at in the outfield, and he's swinging the bat good. |
I thought he looked the same as he did last year. The bottom line is he's a big kid who can get guys out. |
I thought Hernandez threw really good. |