A lot of these Americans can't skate, so I'd hate to see that. It might be a lot more dangerous than playing ball in those conditions. |
Because you're going to need one in the big leagues. |
Ben pitched a very good ballgame (until the fourth), but one of the things he has to learn is, when things are going against him, he doesn't know how to step back and say, 'What am I going to do here? What do I need to do?' He just keeps throwing. That's something that experience will help take care of. |
Every time Stratton comes to the plate, everybody stops and watches. It's very exciting to watch players like that hit. You just shake your head, because not many people can do that. |
Everything's up. He'll throw a good pitch, but there are too many bad ones right now and they're going to get hit. |
Guys who do walk people tend to be more your power pitchers who get a little bit wild. We don't really have any power pitchers. |
He got people out. He spotted the ball pretty well. He hit spots that he wanted to hit. |
He has very good stuff. He just needs to throw more strikes. That's the problem. |
He is just a hitting machine. |
He keeps hitting gaps and running, and he's 30-plus (actually 32) years old. He's the one who told me, 'I guess I'm just getting old.' But it's hard on you with all that running, especially as hot as it is. |
He looks great. He's been swinging well and playing good defensively. |
He will throw a quality strike and then throw a couple that are not. He's got to get it to where he has control of every pitch he throws. |
He's been home for three days, and he walks up and gets the game winner. That's why we signed him. |
I really thought our pitching did a nice job, our defense was not very good and offensively we did not hit like we will hit. |
I won't even ask him if he needs a day off, because I can't trust him to tell me honestly. I just have to tell him, 'You're off tomorrow,' even though he won't like it. |