John Flaherty
John Flaherty
John Timothy Flahertyis a television baseball broadcaster and a retired Major League Baseball player. Flaherty was a catcher, and last played in the major leagues for the New York Yankees...
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Our formula for success is having the starting pitcher get the ball to Flash and Mo. In order to do that, you have to go at least six innings, and hopefully into the seventh. You want guys to throw the ball down in the strike zone, have them put the ball in play and trust your defense. It's challenging.
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I thought Randy went back out there for a curtain call.
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I think he feels good about what he did. When you put in the hard work and see the benefit and the rewards, it's gratifying for him. Hopefully he'll get on that run that we expect him to get on.
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I think it's a tremendous service, particularly the online access to minutes. I think it's a tremendous increase in the public access to state agencies.
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You can catch him in the bullpen all you want, but until you get into a live situation with runners on base, it takes on a life of its own. It's one of those things we've been saying all spring -- the more you get back there, hopefully the more comfortable you'll be. Today didn't go the way I wanted it to. I look forward to the next one.
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With every pitcher, if you call a pitch you know where he's going to miss if it's not right so you prepare for it. With Wake, I don't think you have that luxury. If he throws a knuckleball, you just don't know where it's going to go.
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We saw a lot more strikeouts looking inside, which we haven't seen all year from Randy. He was able to keep that ball in there, keep it straight in there where it's not running back over the plate.
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We were striking guys out with the high fastball,
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To be up, 3-0, and not be able to stretch it out, ... that's probably where we lost it.
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We got to where we want to be, but it doesn't change the focus of this team at all. This is going to be a grind all the way out.
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He's been pitching better, but tomorrow is going to be a big one. You don't want to say 'must win,' but we need this one tomorrow. Hopefully, he'll come out on top of his game.
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He was ready to go before this game even started. I was talking to him about the lineup. He mentioned he was going to be into this game and ready for it.
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There is nobody who is more prepared or more intelligent about the game of baseball,
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When he throws strikes, he's tough; we know that from our experience with him. It's never been a question about his stuff, it's been whether he can control it in the zone. He did that in two starts against us, unfortunately.