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...
maybe
He's getting there. He's not full-speed. We'll see how it goes. Maybe this weekend. We'll see if he's ready.
believes confident gained himself
He's gained confidence. He was always a confident guy, but I think he really believes in himself now.
chance stay
He's been on the move. He's got a chance to stay here for a while.
along couple games good lead left position win
He's been in a position to win a couple of them. He left with the lead in Anaheim. He's pitched some good games along the way,
bit days guys pushing regular sure week
We make sure we're not pushing guys too fast, too early. And then, as we get about a week or 10 days away (from the regular season), we'll push it a little bit harder.
looked pitching team time
We looked like a team tonight. It's the first time we have had our whole lineup out there and, yeah, the pitching was solid.
fastball run trying
He was just trying to run the fastball inside.
hung trouble
He was in trouble but he hung in there.
mistakes pay
He wasn't real sharp. But they have a good-hitting club. They make you pay if you make mistakes and that's what it was.
mets rid
He was outstanding. I still don't know why the Mets got rid of him.
guy hit nobody
He was on. Nobody was going to hit that guy tonight.
exam looking react
He was pretty placid during the whole exam. He didn't even react to the injection. You can see in the exam picture, he's not even looking back to see what's going on.
behind beyond good pitching threw
He was dynamite, he had it all. His fastball, he threw a good breaking-ball, then his change-up. He threw from behind in the count. He's pitching beyond his age, that's for sure.
zone
He was in command. He was down in the zone all night.