Greg Walker
Greg Walker
almost ball brilliant flipped until waited
It was almost brilliant that he waited until they flipped the ball back,
biggest defensive pay watch
I'm his biggest fan. I'm not a defensive guy, but I would pay to watch him play defense.
brain creating drafting hard luck people player talked trading type
I talked to a lot of Oakland people out there, what they teach, and they said they have a lot more luck drafting that type of player and trading for that type of player than they do creating that type of player. I think it's just the way your brain works. It's very hard to teach.
elect elected officials rather serve
Many elected officials serve for so long they become spokesmen for government, rather than those who elect them.
bears player
I was here when the Bears won, I know how big they were. Every player had his own restaurant.
bunch doubt watch
We're not perfect, but this is such a gutsy bunch of guys. If you ever doubt or second-guess them ... watch out.
exactly instead seeing worrying
This spring, we're seeing him get back to where he was at. He's still made some changes, and he's still not exactly mechanically where he was two years ago. It's a little different, but it works. What I'm seeing, though, is that instead of worrying about mechanics, he's worrying about hitting. He still has a long way to go, like every young player.
locked pat seemed
He seemed to really get locked in. Once he got on a roll, it was obvious. We were like, 'That's him.' We just pat him on the back now.
gave guy kept stopped
He never stopped working. He kept working and working and never gave up. That's the kind of guy he is.
broke guy hard power threw
When he was young he threw so hard you had no chance. And when he first broke in, he didn't have that split-fingered pitch. This guy is still a power pitcher.
swing talked teach
When he was on opposing teams, we actually used his swing to teach off of. Some of the things he does, we talked about for two years ... so we know his swing pretty good.
bat book careful joe league pitchers sure swung teams tease
We tease Joe all the time. We tell him, 'You've got the league set up now.' But teams can't get him out going by the book anymore. If Joe swung the bat like this all year, I'm sure some pitchers would be a little more careful with him than they've been in the postseason.
ball common common-sense field looking overly strike swing tendency
Right field is important, but what we're looking for is common sense. Swing at the ball in the strike zone. His tendency is to be overly aggressive. We think we can throttle him back.
fans rebel somebody
Somebody has to be mainstream, to give something for those fans to rebel against.