As far as getting on a mound, he's shut down. |
As far as going back to Houston in May, I don?t think (that) is going to be any big deal for him. It would probably benefit him because he won?t have to pitch the whole time. |
As far as I know he didn't do anything more than what he had when we put him on the disabled list. |
As far as we know it's not related to anything other than it's uncomfortable for him. I don't think we can schedule him now until the soreness gets out. |
As far as we know, it's not related to anything other than being uncomfortable for him. We'll wait and see when the soreness is out, then proceed. |
As I was going through the parking lot, he was pulling up in a car and he said, `Hi Joseph,' ... Just little things that he does as opposed to what he says go a long way with me. |
As much as you'd like to say it's important, it's not. Spring Training is important, playing games to win is important, but statistics aren't important. |
Ask me after the season. |
At a charity event, Bernie sat in with James Taylor and played with him. He's an artist. Bernie doesn't have baseball instincts like a lot of other players. Instincts, you're not born with. He's got to digest and calculate. He works extremely hard. |
At some point soon, I'll sit down with Bernie and we'll go over everything. I have a great relationship with him, and always have. I've probably talked to him more than any other player here in my tenure. If the first game of the season were today, I'd say he'd be the starting DH. But I also want to give him a lot of time in the corners (left and right field), with the emphasis more on him playing right than left, spelling Sheffield. |
At the time, it didn't look like it was important, but it turned out to be. |
At this point, it doesn't matter whose turn it is. We have to think about winning the game that day. Whoever it is, it's just another guy available [in relief]. |
At this time he's not in our immediate plans, |
At this time of year, we go start to start. |
At times, you'd like to just have people understand that this is your job and it's 162 games, so let's not pick it apart one game at a time. |