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...
felt hard progress ran
He ran (yesterday) and felt good. Hopefully, he can make progress and we'll see what he has. It's hard to say.
days few goes good improve season throughout
The few days I've seen, I've got a pretty good idea of how he's going to be. I think he's going to be solid. I think he's going to improve throughout the year. As the season goes on, he's going to get better and more comfortable out there.
begin confident game goes great hope kid knocked matter played
I would hope not. He's a confident kid to begin with, you can tell by the way he goes about his business, the way he acts. There has never been a great one that played this game that didn't get knocked on their butt. It's just a matter of if you get back up or not.
describe hard ok pitching
It's hard to describe his outing. He was pitching OK in spots,
breaking command focus hitting lose move pitches start
The first start of the year, there's a lot of focus on him. He wasn't hitting with his breaking ball. His command was off. That was all. He was in and out. He'd move the pitches and then he'd lose it. But he was OK.
cat found
I think Cat has found his place out there in left.
catch stay
He'll stay down here and catch in extended.
days fight mother optimism ready
You can't fight Mother Nature. We had so much optimism just 10 days ago but, if the body's not ready ...
basis came plenty returned three visitors weekly
Plenty of visitors not only came to see them on their first day out, but they've returned on a weekly or monthly basis to visit the three cubs.
bush caught couple last together worked
They've got a left-hander going and he's caught Bush very well, they've worked together very well the last couple of times out.
few guy
If we need another guy, it will be Downs. He would be the guy we'd go to. We've got to see where A.J. is in a few days.
guys league love
How many guys in the league would love to do that?
gotten liked lost run since support tight
Since he's come back, I've liked everything we've gotten out of him. Sometimes, he hasn't gotten any run support -- he's lost some tight ballgames. His won-loss record, I think, is misleading.
nice
It's been a while. It makes for a nice off day tomorrow.