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
anytime battling character eight heart runs shows winning
I think anytime you're down eight runs and you end up getting the winning run at the plate, I think that shows a lot of character and heart of the club. They were battling to the end.
build continue fill guys holes next trying winning year
You have to fill some holes each year. Next year will be a different club, too. Ideally, you want to have guys come up through your system, but in the meantime, you want to continue to have winning seasons. What we're trying to do is build some consistency.
bottom came couple difference foot fought hard innings line ourselves shot winning
We shot ourselves in the foot a couple innings there, and that was the difference in the ballgame. We fought hard to try to get back to winning the game, and came close, but bottom line is we didn't play well tonight.
bottom fought hard line winning
We fought hard to try to get back to winning the game, ... but the bottom line is we didn't play well tonight.
climb lead series win
We are disappointed we couldn't make it more of a series and win some games. We didn't play well in St. Louis. Today, they got the big lead and we couldn't climb out of it.
earned himself played took win
He's played very well, and to be honest, he's flat-out earned this. He took it upon himself to win this job, and that's what he's done.
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.
build shut win
We wanted to build on that win. We didn't want to get shut out 1-0 after that big win Saturday.
consistent streak together winning
We're disappointed we haven't been more consistent and put together a winning streak here.
fine line shows winning
That shows you what a fine line it is between winning and losing.
board control help natural time wins year
But wins this time of year are important. We don't have to look at the scoreboard. You can't help yourself because the board is so big, and it's a natural thing to look, but we control our future.
closing fair job teams widening wins
I'll be honest, it's fair to say we're disappointed we haven't done a better job of getting more wins and widening the gap, ... It is what it is. I think some other teams are disappointed they haven't done a better job closing the gap.
anytime extra good hit needed picked time win
He picked a good time to get his hit. We needed something there. Anytime you get a two-out hit to win in extra innings, it doesn't get any better than that.
finish finished game great talk win winning
It was great to win this division, but we really wanted to finish with a winning season, ... I know there's going to be a lot of talk about it, but there would have been more talk if we'd have finished at .500. This was a big game for us, to finish on this note.