It was the best Snell has done. I'm beginning to see some progress from him. He threw enough breaking balls for strikes. He had much better command of his fastball tonight. |
It was wonderful to see them. They represented themselves extremely well. Timmy Hill should be very proud about the way his kids competed. |
It wasn't a ploy, it was heartfelt and something I felt that from a continuity standpoint, I have strong ideas on what is necessary. Familiarity and continuity are certainly two intangibles that are absolute musts for a club to be successful. |
It wasn't pitched well and it wasn't defended very well either. When you do that ... that's how you get a six-run inning. |
It will depend on how things go through the weekend, not only here but what also takes place in San Diego. Once we get beyond (next week's series at Arizona), we'll see what the landscape is. |
It's [only] a matter of time before we're talking strongly about him coming [to the Pirates] to start. |
It's a good thing to see. You want to be cautious about where they are, not push too hard, let them work at their own pace, but you like to see them out there throwing a baseball. |
It's a great building block to have that up the middle. Those two can be special for a number of years. |
It's a series win in a ballpark where this club hasn't lost too much. There were just a lot of very positive things tonight. |
It's a shame a guy pitched as well as Jeff Weaver did today and absorbed that loss. On the flip side, we had only three hits. You're not going to win with one run and three hits. |
It's a tough game to lose after the manner in which we came back. |
It's a tough game to lose after the manner in which we came back. One of the first things to stave off on the road is a leadoff walk in the bottom of the ninth. More often than not, it comes back to haunt you, and it did. |
It's a two-way street when you give somebody information. We don't take information to the players unless we think it will be very useful to them. As a player, you have to do something about it and take a step forward and try to make some of the adjustments that are being suggested. |
It's an old cliché that guys who aren't the most talented players make good managers and teachers, ... I fall into that category ... I had to do a lot of listening and learning by trial and error to make myself into the player I became. I think that's one reason I've been able to communicate with players. |
It's an old cliché that guys who aren't the most talented players make good managers and teachers. I fall into that category ... I had to do a lot of listening and learning by trial and error to make myself into the player I became. I think that's one reason I've been able to communicate with players. |