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...
asked night perfect sucked
We had no choice, we had to go to them early. That would have been the perfect night for (Downs). We asked a lot out of our 'pen, but they sucked it up.
certain five last nice night pitching playing runs teams
When you're playing certain teams in the league, you know you've got to score. We scored five last night and then five in one inning tonight. You know you have to do that, and the pitching did a nice job. But, yeah, the add-on runs are key.
attach number
We'll get Q (Quiroz) in but I wouldn't want to attach a number to it.
couple days figure next
We'll look at that. We'll see how the next couple of days go and figure something out.
either love
You'd love to have either one of them.
believe expecting imposition license liquor suspension warning
We didn't believe the imposition of a liquor license suspension was commensurate with the offense. We were expecting to get a warning or something of that nature.
bring finish love
We'd love to finish .500, but I want to get them in there. You bring them up here, they have a right to play.
accept affect lose pressure team though tough
We've got nothing to lose and everything to gain. Especially for young guys, it's tough to accept that, ... You know you're under the gun. Even though it doesn't affect us as a team -- in the standings -- there's pressure because of what the other team faces.
extra gave offence pitchers took
We gave them some extra outs and it took our offence a while to get going. But for the most part our pitchers were around the plate.
aside best fans game gave lead maybe nobody win yankee
We gave them out best shot. We had the lead late. Aside from maybe Yankee fans and our own fans, nobody else in the world wanted to see us win that game for the weekend's sake.
bad
We don't know how bad it will be,
feels ready
We'll see how he feels tomorrow, ... He may be ready to go.
eliminated guys played proud
We're not eliminated yet. I'm proud of the way the guys have played this year, they get after it. We're only going to get better.
came gave hung ourselves
We battled, we hung in there and gave ourselves some chances. They came through.