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...
great job
He's doing everything everyone wanted him to do. He's been doing a great job.
area few last pitches problem shut threw
It's in the same area he had the problem last year. He only threw a few pitches and we shut him down.
definitely fold game good stage wild
At this stage of the game we've got come out of it over .500, no question, ... Boston's rolling, the Yanks aren't going to fold and the wild card's all bunched up. We definitely need a good trip.
game wait
The thing about this game is that it doesn't wait on you.
course maybe routine saved
Maybe it was too routine a play. He's saved us so much through the course of the year.
chance couple everywhere last umpires
All the umpires are going to do that. If you get a chance to get the last couple outs, they're going to try to get it in. Everywhere I've ever been they'll do that.
breaking bush definitely good hard needed
Bush was outstanding tonight. He had a good breaking ball. He had that hard crisp one. We definitely needed that, no question.
guys pencil season
You can pencil those guys in, when the season starts, for 130 RBIs apiece, ... That's a given. They don't miss. That's why they're MVP candidates.
certain fair games guys looks money paying
It looks better, but I told these young guys certain games that I'm going to get them into, so I'm going to do that, ... I think it's important. ... I think it's fair to them. We're paying them a lot of money -- we may as well get them in there, right?
expect harder slow stretch tougher won
Sometimes the harder you try the tougher it gets. (Towers) will be there in the end. He's just going through a tough stretch right now. He's always won for us and we expect him to again. He's just off to a slow start.
bit breaks face gets guys hitters mound seeing swinging
It breaks it up a little bit -- gets them out there to face some competition. It gets the guys on the mound seeing hitters that are swinging and working on making some pitches. It revs things up a little bit.
looked typical worked
He worked at it and got groundballs. He looked like typical Doc out there.
guys pencil season
You can pencil those guys in, when the season starts, for 130 RBIs apiece. That's a given. They don't miss. That's why they're MVP candidates.
ball breaking settled
He settled in with that breaking ball (after the first inning) and we couldn't do much with it.