(Chalk) has a very good mind for the game. He's got good savvy and good instincts. |
He looked good. He was throwing the breaking ball for strikes. He has good command and his fastball is good. He was ahead in the count for the most part. I thought he looked real sharp. |
He really looked sharp. He threw strikes like he always does and had a great pace to the game. |
He struck out the side in the first and got some confidence going. I was just real pleased to see him back out there. |
He swings the bat well and just gets his hits. I don't know what else to tell you. He is just one of those guys. He gets his hits, puts the ball in play and doesn't strike out much. He is a hitter. |
He's a big-game pitcher. That's him. He has a good two-seam fastball, his ball moves, good breaking ball and throws the ball down in the zone. He just knows how to play and is an excellent athlete. |
He's hit some peaks and valleys with his arm. Sometimes he feels good where he's gotten over that point, and then sometimes it's gotten to the point where he has a little bit of a setback. But I think overall, he's getting really close to being where he wants to be. |
He's played a lot of baseball in the last few years, and it's a long season for those kids the first time. It's only natural that they lost a little bit at the very end. |
Henson did a great job in relief. That's something that wasn't there over the weekend and our defense played really well. |
His was up around 95 pitches and that's all he is going to go. We have to be able to stop it there. |
I didn't know that. But we still have some work to do and we had to dig ourselves out of that hole so we had to bare down a little bit and we have done a pretty good job of that on the weekends. |
I didn't see it. I just saw the ball and thought it was a little down but he obviously thought it was a strike. Actually, I was watching the runner so I never saw anything happen. |
I had two birthdays this week. I turned 52 Sunday and 62 today. |
I just had a few disagreements. That's all there is to it. But that's the way the game goes sometimes. We just have to collect ourselves and be ready to go (today). |
I like him down there a little bit right now. He seemed to swing the bat well tonight. |