Bruce Bochy
Bruce Bochy
Bruce Douglas Bochyis the manager of the San Francisco Giants. Prior to joining the Giants for the 2007 season, Bochy was the manager of the San Diego Padres for twelve seasons. He has led the Giants to three World Series Championships, and also led the Padres to one World Series appearance during his tenure in San Diego...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth16 April 1955
CityBussac-Foret, France
battling full gained pitch strength tough weight
He didn't have a full tank. It's tough to pitch when you're not at full strength. He's still battling this thing. He hasn't gained all of his weight back.
charge hitting piece quite
(Greene) put a charge in it. That's quite a piece of hitting on an 0-2 pitch.
borderline close
It has to be close to a borderline miracle.
catching cleared close hitting ready says week
He's been hitting for close to a week now and catching bullpens, and he's been cleared to go by our physicians. So he's in there. He says he's ready to go.
found glad happened question serious time
There is no question Doug was a time bomb. More than anything, I'm glad we found this before anything serious happened on the field.
cyclical kept nice roll winning
We've been very cyclical with our hitting. That's what has kept us from getting on a roll and a nice winning streak.
misfits bunch
Not bad for a bunch of castoffs and misfits.
bullpen everywhere good position
We're in pretty good shape, everywhere from the bullpen to the position players. This is how you want to be at this stage.
mike
We're going to play Mike as much as we can.
couple good guys next rest streak
We're going to rest some guys the next couple of days. But it's also good for us to get on a streak here.
games
We're going to see how he does in games before we make any decisions.
ball luck threw tough woody
Woody threw the ball well, just had some tough luck in the (two-run) first inning.
handled playing showing themselves
What I like is the way they've handled themselves and the way they're playing the game. They're showing a lot of maturity.