Kevin Towers
Kevin Towers
Kevin S. Towersis an American executive in Major League Baseball. He served as the General Manager of the San Diego Padres from 1995 to 2009 and for the Arizona Diamondbacks from 2010 to 2014...
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I think it not only affects the National League West, ... but the whole league.
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I don't think there's any Waffle House. But it's going to be fun.
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(Good defense) affects you in a lot of ways. It prevents your pitcher from throwing too many pitches in one inning. It gives your bullpen a rest because your starter may be able to go a little deeper into games. Cameron is going to save games with his glove.
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There've been times when I said, 'Who are we?'Â ... But right when I started to wonder who we really were, we'd put together a streak that was not too bad.
champagne
There's nothing better than champagne in the clubhouse,
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I really think we've only seen the tip of the iceberg with this guy. He's only going to get better and better.
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I thought he looked great, ... I told a couple of advance scouts I was sitting next to, 'He's got his 'A' game today.'
bet pitch seen
I bet I haven't seen him pitch live in about 10 years,
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But we thought we needed to change there. We felt these were areas where we were not good at and needed to improve. We struggled in some decisions at the third-base coaching spot and in base-running (Lopes' responsibility).
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Once I see the team healthy, then we can begin to make some calls about where we stand,
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I saw no fall-off in Castilla last year. He did have some knee problems, but our reports are good. I think he'll play 120 to 130 games.
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It's a tremendous program. I've been here for 11 years and we've seen some of the youngsters who have come through the program and graduated college. It's very successful. It's kind of neat to see kids at this age, in the eighth grade, ready to embark into their high school years and be able to feel that the Padres have had something to do with it, which can lead to very long and successful careers.
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Playoff games are usually decided in the seventh, eighth and ninth innings by bullpens, closers, the bench,
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I still think everybody in the division has a chance to win it, with maybe Colorado the exception because they're looking to rebuild. The Dodgers are hanging around, the Diamondbacks are a good team and I'm so used to the Giants winning 90 or more games I can't picture them ever being out of it. I fully expect the race to come down to the last month.