The thing I stress the most is that you only get 27 outs in a game, |
The third-base coach is well down the line with his hands up stopping the runner. [Sanchez] didn't see him. |
The tough part for me is the fact that the love I had in managing this club, and I know I've been managing for the past five years one of the more storied franchises in baseball, |
The two-out, two-run double by Saenz in the first got things headed in the right direction. |
The wise thing to do would be to have him available [to pinch hit on Friday] and give it one more day. |
Their guy throws less than 100 pitches and completes the game. [Jeff] gives up two runs on five hits and gets beat. It's unfortunate. |
Then, it'd be interesting to see what we'll have going into the month of September. |
There are a lot of little things that you definitely have to understand -- not only as an individual but as a group -- to get it done, |
There are a lot of very special people who are still there. You build relationships with people in this game, and some you build lifelong relationships with. There are a few over there I have done that with. |
There are elements of what we're capable of as an offensive team that we haven't gotten to yet. |
There are things emotionally that Milton has to get a real firm grasp on. |
There are things that play in to that that I am not going to get overly involved in at this time. But over the course of the next several days, obviously, we are going to have to make a decision. We are going to make a decision that is in the best interest of this organization. That's the decision that we have to make. That's the prudent thing to do. |
There does come a point in time that reality sets in. The awareness factor, I think it really came to light [during] the series in San Francisco. |
There does come a point in time where reality sets in. |
There have to be days where someone takes you deep [into a game]. There has to be a day every once in a while where someone doesn't even have any of [the relief pitchers] out there pick their glove up. |