John Buck
John Buck
ahead good
He had a good slider. He was getting ahead of the hitters.
perform rookie special
I haven't really thought of it that way. He's a special player. So it's not like I was going to come in here right off, especially as a rookie catcher, and perform to his level.
losing ruins
Losing is never easy. It ruins your day.
baseman factor solid winning
I like being in control. You feel like you've been a solid factor in winning over, say, a first baseman or a right fielder. That's why I like it a lot. It's such an important role.
playing
Just say today's the day and keep playing hard. Hopefully, it's going to end tomorrow.
faced last looked looks year
He looked pretty solid. I faced him last year and he looks just as good.
arm exciting
He's got the most exciting arm in camp.
doubt experience help mental plus support
He has a little experience as a closer, plus there's no doubt about his stuff. It's all about the mental challenge, and we've got the support here to help him through that.
felt hurt putting situation
It felt good, ... with what our situation is and what their situation is. And they'd been putting the hurt on us all year.
close drive streets surreal tv
It's surreal because you look on TV and see the streets where (wife) Brooke and I used to drive down and it makes it feel so much more close to home,
bit hung middle stay
A slider. He hung that one a little bit up the middle and I was able to stay back on it.
cause fans knocking late night people reasons sacrifice school season stay time type year
The reasons why the fans aren't out here are the type of season we've had, the time of year it is, not in the race, knocking on 100 losses. I think that's why people are not going to make the sacrifice to stay up late on a school night cause it is not real meaningful.
ball drag guy hit paid park shift takes thank
Usually if you have a shift on, they're paid to hit, not paid to bunt. That's a guy that can hit the ball out of the park with any pitch. With Giambi, if he takes a drag bunt, thank you for the single.
hate single
What do you think? We hate it every single day.