I thought we had everything under control. But that error just killed us. We've had trouble in the sixth and seventh innings all season, and that certainly was the case tonight. |
I'll tell you: I like having two shortstops on the left side of the infield. What you don't get from him in power, he might make up for you with his defense. You can win with Freddy Sanchez playing third. |
I'm a big believer in trying to get back in a game, but you can't use the same people every night. If we keep using them, especially in a losing cause, I can't use them when I really need them. It's damage control rather than managing a baseball game. |
I'm a big believer of getting back in the game. But at some point, you can't use the same people every night. It's damage control rather than managing a baseball game. |
I'm looking at their lineup card, and they've got a football team. I'm looking at mine, and I've got three guys on the bench due to attrition. |
I'm sure by the time the season is over we'll all find out what we're doing. |
I'm sure by the time the season is over we'll all have an idea of what we're doing. It's a tough situation for everybody. You just kind of sit back and wonder what's going to become of you. |
I'm sure it doesn't sit well with him, but he took it very well professionally. He's going to help us any way he can the rest of the season. |
If a guy scratches himself out of a game, I'd like to believe it's something more than just a minor little thing. I might put him in for defense later, but I don't want to take a chance that we lose him for the rest of the year or a week. |
If I didn't have the bullpen problem, I probably would have taken him out sooner. Six walks is a good indication you're not making quality pitches. |
If our bullpen was in better shape, I probably would have taken him out sooner. Six walks is an obvious indication that you are not making quality pitches, to say the least. It's not what we needed, especially with our bullpen tight. It was a very disappointing outing for Kip. |
If there was animosity with Lloyd, that element is gone. |
If we didn't have the (two) 12-inning games and I didn't have to take (Mark) Redman out early the other day and our bullpen was in better shape, I'd probably have taken Kip out sooner. Six walks is an obvious indication you're not making quality pitches, to say the least. |
In general, that's probably as good as he looked in a long time. Unfortunately, his stamina isn't built up to where we'd like him to be. But it was nice to see him back in somewhat of a pretty good form. |
In the first inning he started off a little shaky. I didn't see good velocity. I didn't see what we were hoping to see. But after the first, he seemed to pitch a lot better. Something happened out there, and he was as good as we've seen in a long time and I'm pretty happy about that. |