Mike Gillespie
Mike Gillespie
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I'm very proud of him, ... For me, personally, he's certainly one of our very best stories and one of the best baseball stories we've had. I'm always impressed by guys who beat long odds. When you hear these stories of guys who were undrafted as juniors and have beaten the odds by long shots, I think they're great stories.
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They've gotten the best of us in recent years, so I'm a little bit worried about calling it off now and looking like a coward with my tail between my legs.
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I think Morgan is on the shortest list of the best players we've ever had here, ... I would have said that without him getting to the major leagues because he had a great career for us.
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What we've told our players is (Wright) might be the best pitcher that we will face. And we're playing a great schedule. We're facing some really good pitching. But this guy's on the short list of the best guys in the country.
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I think he has just tons of drive, determination and instincts. He has good ability. I think it's unfair to suggest this guy doesn't have ability. He's a very good athlete. I think his tools were simply underevaluated by the scouts out here.
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I think his future is very, very bright, but we need his future to be Saturday.
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Jon came in and hit some shots that gave us a lift, which is important. Hopefully he will continue to shoot that well because that was a plus for us.
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Joe Ballard may have been the MVP of the game. He made some big shots and guarded well.
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Most of the damage was on the side of the brain that affects his speech. At this point, his memory is pretty good, but his mind can't tell his mouth what to do.
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Metro-area water suppliers should be able to look at filling their reservoirs this year.
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This year the magnitude of the variability is probably greater than we've seen in as long as I can recall.
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We're sort of set with a regular lineup. We think that lineup has done well for the most part. It's tough to take any of those guys out.
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He's a star. Only an injury keeps him out of the first round (of this year's MLB Draft), only an injury keeps him from being a long-time major leaguer.
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He was perhaps the most positive performer in the fall. He lost a lot of valuable potential experience last year.