Doug Mirabelli
Doug Mirabelli
Douglas Anthony Mirabelliis a former Major League Baseball catcher. He played for the San Francisco Giants, Texas Rangers, Boston Red Sox, and San Diego Padresbefore returning to the Red Soxto end his eleven-year career. He batted and threw right-handed...
discount great pass player point understand
I understand their point of view. (Piazza is) a great player that they got at a discount price. How do you pass up on that?
arguably definitely playoff
It definitely had that playoff atmosphere. It was two guys, going head-to-head, that are arguably our No. 1?s right now.
encourage eyes finish line
Kids, I want to encourage all of you to keep your eyes on the finish line and finish your goal.
ahead doubt good might pitchers uses using weapon woody
Woody uses it more as a strikeout pitch. He's using it the way other pitchers might use a splitter or a cutter. There's no doubt it's a good weapon when you're working with it like he does, ahead in the count.
dropped nervous saw time
I don't think I've ever been so nervous in a game. Even in warm-ups, the first time I saw the knuckleball I dropped a couple. I thought, 'Oh, oh. Here we go.
deficit last meant
If we can't make up a half-game deficit over the last 10 games, it wasn't meant to be anyway.
half meant virtual
If we can't make up a half a game, this wasn't meant to be, anyway. It's a virtual tie.
solid
He's been solid for us all year, and we need him now more than ever.
nervous possible thinking time work
The whole time on the flight, I'm thinking there is no possible way this is going to work out. I was nervous as anything.
deficit doubt knew last meant rather
After it got so close, you knew it was going to come down to the end. Would I rather be a half-game up at this point? There's no doubt about it. If we can't make up a half-game deficit over the last 10 games, it wasn't meant to be anyway.
appreciate fans feels great hard hear
As a player, it feels great to hear how the fans appreciate you and your hard work.
coming
The big thing was not coming in here and getting swept.
ball guys mediocre mentally playing
We're playing mediocre ball right now. There's a lot of guys who need that day off, mentally and physically.
ball catching felt game hard strike time today tough wild
His ball was darting in, it was darting away. It was effectively wild in the strike zone. I had a tough time today catching the ball. I hadn't had a game like that where I felt like I was going to have a hard time catching the ball.