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...
guys league saves tougher type
He's up there in appearances in the league and he may have had more tougher type saves than other guys out there, more than one inning saves,
best bring means ready top whatever win
But the top teams, in whatever sport, always bring out the best in you. That means you're usually ready to play, not that you'll win them all.
bit bounce location pitcher struggling
He's struggling out of the gate, he's a better pitcher than that, he'll bounce back. His location is a little bit off.
best decision moves worst
He was the best we had out there. It was his game. Sometimes your best moves backfire and your worst moves don't. Naturally, if you make a decision and it doesn't work, the other move probably would've been better. That's just baseball.
bat diligent goes good great happens path spring swing swinging
He goes through streaks every year, good streaks offensively and defensively. He was very diligent during Spring Training. He's got a great swing path working right now, and just happens to be swinging the bat real well.
best heat league players slow taken
He's one of the best players in the league and he's taken some heat for being a slow starter.
against beat beginning good perennial teams top
It's the beginning of the year, but your perennial top teams in baseball, if you ever want to get where they're at, you have to beat them. We've got to play good against them.
best keeps pitching stronger time
We'll look at it and see who is pitching the best when that time comes. The thing that he does is give us flexibility. If he's in the bullpen, he makes us that much stronger down there. But if he keeps doing what he's doing ...
chance mean talk until
Now we feel we have a chance to do it. But you can talk all you want, until you do it, it doesn't mean a whole lot.
best certain guys seen
It's not always pretty, but certain guys find a way. That was the best I've seen him this year.
care game gets good himself late lose second starts strong takes wind
He has got a second wind I guess. He takes good care of himself and he's a strong guy. When it gets late in the game and he starts chalking up pitches, he doesn't really lose a whole lot.
games guess guys night number sure using
I'm sure there's been some guys who have been using it for a number of years. Like anything else, some do, some don't. I guess we have see when there's day games after night games.
ball guy help sharp team tip
He wasn't his sharp shelf, but I tip my hat. The guy wanted to take the ball to help the team out,
ball fly pitcher today
He is a fly ball pitcher - always has been, always will be - and when you get a windy day like today he is going to give up some homers.