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
accustomed outfield playing
I want them to get accustomed to playing together. I like the way the outfield looks. They are working well together.
continue playing progress
It's up to him now to continue his progress and get back to playing like we think he can.
played playing second
He's played a lot of positions. Right now, he's going to be playing second for the most part.
bounce close experience goes guys hand looking playing previous productive swagger year
Swagger goes hand in hand with playing well. We have a lot of experience here. We're not looking for these guys to bounce back and have MVP years, but to be productive and have a year close to the previous year.
field games playing
You would think that we are playing at Coors Field the way these games are going.
break good guys playing trip turned
It turned out to be a good trip for us. We're playing better. It's good to see some guys break out with the bats.
against increase playing recent struggling time
I wanted to increase his playing time against right-handers and he started struggling a little there against right-handers (in recent games). That's why we're going back to the way we were.
ball best card hot pitching playing teams wild
It's whoever's playing the best ball at the time, who's clicking, pitching the best, playing the best ball. That's why you have Wild Card teams get hot at the end and keep going.
blow defense great guy hot playing terrific
He was playing terrific baseball. He was playing great defense and he was one of our hot bats. This is a big blow for us. He's a guy we're going to miss.
break dirty double playing trying
Brian's not playing dirty there. He's just trying to break up the double play.
break brian call dirty double playing trying west
Brian was trying to break up the double play. He's not playing dirty there. West got the call right.
adam bat expect guy hope last limit played speed throwing year
I expect to see the same guy I did last year. I hope they'll limit him to 30 or 40 games. That first at-bat off Adam Eaton last year was very impressive. The guy hadn't played all year and Eaton was throwing 93-94 and he doubled off the wall. That bat speed is always there.
saved score struggling
He saved us with that effort, ... especially the way we've been struggling to score runs.
excited makeup ready
This kid's makeup is off the charts, ... We're excited to have Jake all ready to go.