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...
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They say things always even out in this game, I don?t know if it?s true or not. Sometimes it is.
carried lose offence pitching together win
You win together you lose together ... That offence has carried this pitching many times this year.
affecting honest location sure throw time year
I think he may be a little tired, to be honest with you. He's in his first year doing it. I think what's affecting him right now is his location -- and you usually don't see it in velocity, you see it in location. ... At this time of year, definitely, you've got to make sure you don't just throw him out there when he may not be at his best.
clicked reports slow start ticket today
All the reports I had is he can hit. He's kind of had a slow start but today it really clicked for him. ... His ticket is his bat.
bounce finish good ourselves road stretch tough trip
It was an inconsistent month. We had that good stretch where we put ourselves in position, ... I just look back at that road trip -- it was a tough trip and we know that. ... It was part of our schedule, but to bounce back and finish 14-14, I'd feel pretty good about it.
balls best taking work
The best work you can get is taking balls off the bat, over and over and over again.
mistakes pay
He wasn't real sharp. But they have a good-hitting club. They make you pay if you make mistakes and that's what it was.
breathing couple last pitching room
Our pitching (staff), we haven't had a whole lot of breathing room out there. The last couple of weeks, every pitch is meaningful.
finish winter year
He's still young enough. He can finish this year and go down to play some winter ball,
maybe ready week
Maybe by the end of the week he'll be ready to go.
ready
He won't be ready before the weekend, if then.
design saw tonight
You saw it all tonight -- by design.
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.
coming good knew
Coming in we knew we had a good one,