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...
confident runs score solid top
They know we can score some runs so we're not out of games. They're confident that we have some offence. We're solid top to bottom.
focus gets innings start
It was his first start of the year, and there is a lot of focus on him. Once he gets the innings that he needs, he will be all right for us.
bats pitch swung
It was just one of those nights. They swung the bats and we didn't pitch as well as we will.
head holding
Not one bit. Not the way we played. You play 162 games. They all hurt, but we'll go out of here holding our head high. I'll tell you that.
head holding
Not one bit. Not the way we played, ... You play 162 games. They all hurt, but we'll go out of here holding our head high. I'll tell you that.
atom balls hit mickey ton trying
Aaron's hit a lot of atom balls. He's hit a ton of balls hard. But he's scuffling, and he and Mickey are just trying to see if they can 'load him up' a bit.
good
It's just good to have him out there. He'll get better the more he's out there.
almost believe die establish natural rookie starting sure time until whatever year
It's kind of a natural progression. The guy's got the stuff. He's starting to believe in himself, too. The first time up -- rookie year or whatever -- until you establish yourself, you're never sure if you belong. You feel like you almost live and die with every outing.
It's a sprain, no fracture, it's a sprain, ... I'm no doctor, but there's no break.
debut everybody fun hope luck saw wished yesterday
It's a big day for him. I saw him yesterday and wished him luck and told him to have fun out there. You only get that debut one time. He'll be nervous. He'll be scared. Everybody is -- and you hope he is. That's natural.
break
It was the break we needed, put it that way,
area few last might pitches problem scar shut threw
It's that same area where he had that problem last year. So he only threw a few pitches and shut it down. After you have an injury, it might just be some scar tissue.
against beat good
It's always important in head-to-head games. If you want to get where they're at, you've got to beat them. We've got to play good against them.
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?