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...
came
It all came down to that big inning.
bases clears couple nice nixon
I thought he had another one. Nixon made a nice play over his shoulder. Couple more feet, he at least clears the bases with a double.
heck josh style
Josh went out in style. He's had a heck of a year.
few guys hope side talked today
I talked to him today about a few things and I hope he got the message. You see guys on the other side like (Derek) Jeter and (Gary) Sheffield get down the line.
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.
easy
Why would you want an easy one? If we had an easy one we wouldn't know what to do with it. If it's easy it's no fun.
basically bunt plays
You have to do that early. There are some new faces. Cutoffs, relays and bunt plays are basically the same everywhere, but there are some variations.
compete expect saying talk year
We expect to compete all year long. In saying that, we haven't done anything yet. Talk is cheap.
bounce game second
We'll bounce back (today). It's the second game of the year.
chance incentive influence outcome ready
We'll be ready to play. We've got a chance to influence the outcome of this thing. That's enough incentive right there.
balls further guys runs ton
Some guys get by with a lot of hard-hit balls that are outs, they get a ton of runs scored for them. You look further than just results. You see what they guy's featuring and that will tell you everything.
beginning broke collapsed hand last lung
Look at the last two years. He had that collapsed lung twice, and then he broke his hand at the beginning of last year,
bullpen chance good
Look at his arm, his age. He's got a chance to be a very good starter. I don't think we're even considering the bullpen right now. He's got too much going for him the other way.
bullpen coming eliminated good stacked vital
I think (sending McGowan to Triple-A) would do him good because of the way the bullpen is stacked up right now. We're not coming down here with him eliminated (from the picture). But if we were to keep him with us, it would have to be a vital role.