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...
ask build games good knock love played playing trying type
It doesn't get any easier, but we've played them good all year. We'd love to go in there and knock them out somehow. We couldn't ask for more for what we're trying to do here. We're trying to build something, getting used to playing these type of games for our own experience.
hot somebody trying win
We're going to give this a go. That's our plan. If somebody is really hot and we're trying to win games, it may come down to that.
chance key limit mistakes plays routine trying
We're going to make our mistakes this season, but the key will be in trying to limit those. We want to make the routine plays when we have a chance to make them.
fastball run trying
He was just trying to run the fastball inside.
coming finds gates groove harder rhythm starts tougher trying
He finds his groove -- finds his rhythm a little bit. Naturally, when a guy's struggling, he starts pressing. He's probably coming out of the gates trying a little too hard. Sometimes the harder you try, the tougher it gets.
gets hot trying win
If someone really gets hot and we're trying to win some games, it could come to that.
against beat brains built cause compete division expected gate good key optimism slow team teams trying year
We expected to have a better team than we've had here in a while. The key is to play to good against the teams you're going to compete with all year because there's been optimism built up, expectations and you want to keep that going. You don't want to come out of the gate slow and let the teams you're trying to overtake in your division beat your brains in cause then everybody's like where's the progress?
face guys impress lock name trying
They need to see me around. I like to lock in on those guys sometimes. I like to put a name with a face and see what they can do. They're trying to impress me and trying to impress everybody.
spring trying
He's erratic. That's not him. He's trying to find it right now, and he will. That's why you have Spring Training.
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.
cat found
I think Cat has found his place out there in left.
base doubles hits might
It got away and it got away quick. If those (homers) are base hits or even doubles it might be a different story.
learned move ready year
It has been a long year but I look back at it more with a sense of satisfaction and optimism. I think we've learned a lot and we're ready to move forward.
difference dramatic styles
I think there's a dramatic difference in their styles -- especially on the same day,