John Gibbons
John Gibbons
John Michael Gibbonsis an American former professional baseball player and the current manager of the Toronto Blue Jays of Major League Baseball. Gibbons briefly played in the Major Leagues as a catcher with the New York Mets, in the mid-1980s...
bothering push ready run
He just can't run on it right now. I mean, he can, but it's bothering him. He's doing everything but running. ... We don't want to push it too far, too fast. But he's ready to go.
heck josh style
Josh went out in style. He's had a heck of a year.
extra guys happens location lose maintain reach suffers tired
Guys when they get tired they lose their location. What happens is they got reach back and give a little extra to maintain what they got and your location suffers but you maintain your velocity.
closing games tall
He's a big, tall right-hander. He'll be closing out games one day.
september wants worth
He wants to pitch, but you know it's not worth it. You've got to look at the big picture. If this was September and we're in the thing . . .
coming finds gates groove harder rhythm starts tougher trying
He finds his groove -- finds his rhythm a little bit. Naturally, when a guy's struggling, he starts pressing. He's probably coming out of the gates trying a little too hard. Sometimes the harder you try, the tougher it gets.
advantage bat good kid league playing season spring swinging taking time
He's been swinging the bat good. He started the season with us because he had such a big Spring Training. We like the kid a lot, and we think he's going to have a good big league career. We're going to give him some playing time this month, and he's taking advantage of it.
entire game guy job knew nice pitch pitching stepped
He's really stepped in and done a nice job for us. The guy can pitch and we knew that. Our pitching the entire game was outstanding.
great
He has done a great job. Nobody's going to be 100 percent.
point running
I don't see the point in running him out there at this point in the year. It doesn't make sense.
alex best guys hope looking plenty seen stunt
Alex made some adjustments to his stance. I just see him better than I've ever seen him. He's more aggressive. He's not getting overpowered at the plate. I see him as one of those guys getting better and better. This is going to make it tougher, because he's not out there every day. You hope it doesn't stunt his growth. Right now you're looking at it as what's best for the team. He'll get plenty of action.
found
He's out there and he's healthy. They found some holes, but I thought he pitched OK. He was around the plate.
alex falling past pitch prove size tougher
The whole thing with Alex is he's able to get to that pitch now, where in the past he wasn't able to. It's tougher with his size anyway. He's got long arms. It all has to do with his balance. He's not falling backwards. He's out to prove something.
history
It's an important part of history and everyone should be able to see it that way.