Phil Garner
Phil Garner
Philip Mason Garneris an American former baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as an infielder with the Oakland Athletics, Pittsburgh Pirates, Houston Astros, Los Angeles Dodgers and San Francisco Giants from 1973 to 1988. He was manager of the Astros from July 14, 2004 to August 27, 2007, leading Houston to a World Series appearance in 2005...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth30 April 1949
CityJefferson City, TN
beyond guy
He's beyond anything you've ever seen, ... This guy is just different.
awkward bit falling instead looks people
He's better than people want to give him credit. What comes into play is he looks a little bit awkward at times. When he stretches he looks like he's falling instead of in balance, but he makes the play.
appreciate created equal guys properly talent
He's better than I thought he was. I'm a (former) player, and I appreciate talent. But, better than that, I appreciate talent that is properly used and properly prepared. Guys like Roger, they're genetically superior. We may all be equal under the law, but we're not all created equal.
beat couple dominated few last people throws
He's dominated a few people the last couple of years. When he throws strikes, he's not going to get beat around too much.
complete mutual series thursday
There is (another) mutual day off, but it's at our ballpark. It's the Thursday off day after they complete a three-game series on Wednesday.
bat bats good hate swinging wait
When they're swinging the bats as good as they are, you hate to give them a day. You want to give them a day when they're not swinging the bat good. When you're swinging the bat good, you can't wait to get to the ballpark.
great originally
When they originally made those changes, I didn't think it was necessarily a great move,
among fifth looking pitchers saying seven six starters three until
We have three young starters that we're looking at. That's why I'm saying I feel like we need 12 pitchers. You should not need 12 pitchers in the first six or seven days. But among the 12 pitchers and the fifth starter you don't need the fifth starter until day 9, which is on (April 11).
baseball definitely felt guy sure
He was excited, but he wanted to make sure it was a baseball decision. I definitely felt he's the right guy to be the DH.
baseball definitely felt guy sure
He was excited, but he wanted to make sure it was a baseball decision, ... I definitely felt he's the right guy to be the DH.
again last needed quite sharp start
He was masterful again today. He wasn't quite as sharp as he would have been had he pitched his last start and been healthy, but nonetheless when he needed to do it, he did it, and that's what he's been doing all year.
almost bit great ironically last longer looked looks month played season spring training
He's played well and ironically he looks great this spring. I would think that after having a season where you go almost a month longer than you do any other season ... he would have come to spring training and be a little bit slow. But he's actually looked better this spring than he did last spring.
impressed players several
He's pitched well. I'm impressed with several of their young players ... him in particular.
control good guys surprised year
He's pitched very, very good for us. I'm surprised his control has been better than most guys in their first year after surgery.