I wanted the challenge, |
I was fairly impressed. We couldn't do anything, and he was still out there in the sixth inning and still getting people out. |
I was glad to see him standing and no facial swelling. |
I was harshly criticized for the decision to make Eric Gagne a closer, |
I was made aware of the fact that an extension was not something that would be a possibility. |
I will use all 13 bench guys - I have and will continue to do so. |
I will work with the mayor and city council to see if we can come up with a phase-in, so it won't be a tremendous hit, ... Murfreesboro City Schools is an outstanding school system, and we want to keep it up to the level it is now. |
I won't say where they are going to start. But he is the type of guy we are looking for to hopefully place in between two left-handers that have somewhat similar stuff and not give opposing clubs an opportunity to see the same type of stuff on consecutive days. |
I would be hard-pressed to believe that. |
I would be remiss if I said there were not philosophical differences as far as the club and how we put it together, what would work and not work. The disruption and focus loss with players is not good for anyone. That's where I felt strongly that it was important to wipe the slate clean. |
I would certainly hope not (intentionally) in spring training. I don't think Curt Schilling goes out there to hurt people. |
I would certainly hope so. At the major-league level, there has to be a lot of nights where five runs are plenty to win. |
I wouldn't have been interested in this job if I didn't feel very strongly that we can make a difference and can move forward, |
I'd be very surprised if he participates between now and the season's end. First, there's the health, and second, with 20 games left, there's no place to rehab with live pitching. It would be unfair to put him into the lineup without seeing live pitching. |
I'd like to hope so. But for that to happen, we've got to continue to come out with the intensity we've shown so far. And I believe we will. |