I'd had (No. 3) since I was 7 years old. I guess it worked out perfect with me and Stafford. They told me Stafford wanted No. 7, and I wanted No. 3 first, so it made that switch easy. It was mutual. |
I'd like to get him going. He's had some success here. I'd like to get him swinging with confidence, because I know if Ryno is swinging well and swinging with confidence, we're a different ballclub. |
I'd like to hope so. But in order for that to happen, we have to continue to come out here every day and play with the same type of intensity that we have played with. And we will get to that point. |
I'd make the same play. I'd just throw it about a foot lower. I got a little excited and thought we had a force there. It just kind of sailed on me. Somehow it found the dugout, but oh well. We won. |
I'd say it'd probably be a long shot. I'm realistic. They're going to give him every chance in the world. You've got a veteran guy. The last thing they want is another young guy playing the infield. |
I'll be honest with you. When I first started managing [with the Padres in 1987], I looked at the guys and thought if they worked as hard as I did, we'd be all right. Well, it doesn't work that way. |
I'll be missing both games against Trinidad and Barbados, and hopefully against Guyana I'll be ready. I am just trying to get myself into condition and hopefully things will get better from here on. |
I'll need every ounce that I have to drive it through. Film and TV require that energy. Sometimes fight scenes can be pretty intense. When I was shooting "Heaven" it was truly guerrilla film-making. |
I'm a problem solver. I know how to handle not just county budgets, but tough state budgets and work my way through the bureaucracy. I know who to talk to and where to go to get the problems solved. |
I'm always concerned about him. He's one of the top players in our conference without question. He's an NBA player. He's an L.A. kid and he's always played well against us. We've got our hands full. |
I'm anticipating it will be ratified. But I don't think I'd call this a rubber-stamp process because there is a lot of frustration and people are angry that they're in the situation that they're in. |
I'm as ready as I can be. I'm swinging really well, putting well. I'm looking forward to this week. I'm ready. It's now or never. We'll see how it goes. I feel good about it. We'll see what happens. |
I'm confident in my stuff, I was confident in my delivery, I was confident in the pitches I made, it was just one of those nights. I think guys are eager and ready to get going, and I'm one of them. |
I'm confident that I'll be back by Virginia Tech. I'm definitely going to push to be on the field. But there's no fighting with the head man. ... He obviously has the last say. I trust his judgment. |
I'm disappointed, for sure. But you learn from it, and you find a way to move forward. ... You lose every game by one goal ... we're going to take the positive from that, that we were in every game. |