29 ordspråk av Gary Gaetti
Gary Gaetti
[His 16 games in the majors seem so long ago, when] he tried to get a little too perfect, ... The game picks up a little bit. He suffered a rookie setback. That's normal.
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Either you're not seeing it out of the pitcher's hand, or you're moving your head when you're swinging. You're doing something mechanically wrong that's causing you to do that.
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He has a knack of making a really big pitch at the right time, ... He had the bases loaded, came up and threw a curveball -- it wasn't a great curveball -- and got the guy to hit it to second base hard.
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He has a knack of making a really big pitch at the right time. He had the bases loaded, came up and threw a curveball -- it wasn't a great curveball -- and got the guy to hit it to second base hard.
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He was everybody's everybody. It's easy to say what a great player he was. What I remember most was his infectious smile. He was fun to be around. My kids loved him. Everybody loved him.
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He's got some serious power. I'm talking big power.
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His smile was just infectious, and that's how he played, too. He was one of those guys that it was always good to see him.
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I can't fathom the destruction. It's the scope of the loss. It's knowing how long it's going to take to get things back to normal. There are parts of New Orleans that will never be the same.
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I can't help think about the guy's smile. He had an infectious personality. That's what I'll remember.
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I don't know if the at-bats are as important as just standing out there in the outfield for the whole game. That's how you get your legs back.
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I loved watching him play.
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I think everybody's feeling better today. But there's still a feeling of your town is getting crushed and nobody knows what's going on.
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I'd say he's well on his way to coming back in September and helping us. It all depends on how he feels. I think he can probably step in there right now and hit. That's how it is for Major Leaguers. He seems to be far ahead of where he was before he had his surgery, but I'm only basing that on batting practice.
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In that regard, it's very important for him to take as close to a full speed batting practice as he can. It looks like he's able to do that now, and I've never seen that before from him.
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It might have been a little different if he'd gone out on his own terms. I know something changed in him. He kept the smile on . . . probably somewhere deep in his heart he was hurting.
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