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...
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.
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Well, I'll tell you, about a year ago in November the National Zoo had its first litter of cheetah cubs born. And when we had them debut, the very first day, we had over about 2,500 people file through just for them. And I don't mean to make it a popularity contest, but they were nowhere near as popular before their debut as this panda cub.
figure game guys pitches takes
I just told him that it's still the same game. You make your pitches you get guys out. You don't and they get you. It's still the same game of baseball. Sometimes it takes a while to figure that out.
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I'll give him a few games at third base, but Troy plays a lot. I think there's a point just to keep him sharp out there because you never know what happens, somebody could go down. But he's a DH.
four knew slug tough
I knew it was going to be a tough day when they scored those four in the first. When you come in this place, you know you're going to slug it out with them.
swinging
I'm just going to go with Reed. I like the way Reed's swinging it,
cleared sure
I just made sure I cleared it with Hillenbrand first.
command
His command is there. That is a big thing of his and he has it early.
baseman instincts shot third tough
His instincts told him he had a shot at him. It's a tough play when the third baseman is on the move.
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Cabrera, when he's throwing strikes, he's as tough as anybody. When he figures it out, watch out.
argue stack
Can't argue those two. But I think we stack right up there with those guys.
learn
But he'll learn from that and some day he'll look back at this and laugh.
arguing balls guess
I guess he thought I was arguing balls and strikes.
guys proud
I'll be proud of the guys if we show that we've gutted it out.