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
bats certainly eight enjoying runs swinging
We have been swinging the bats very well. I don't know if we're going to be able to put up eight or 13 runs every day during the season, but certainly I'm enjoying it right now.
Well, I wanted to go home. I wanted to see what was going on in Houston,
chance good home series win
Well, we're not in a good spot. We had a chance to win this ballgame. We have to go home and regroup. We'll make a series out of this.
chance good home series win
Well, we're not in a good spot, ... We had a chance to win this ballgame. We have to go home and regroup. We'll make a series out of this.
good
Well, we're not in a good spot. They can't do anything wrong.
early hit needed
We had him early on the ropes a little bit. We couldn't come up with a big hit when we needed it.
pitching
Our pitching has been good. You can't say that enough.
left proverbial slightly
Roger's left hamstring is slightly strained. He's the proverbial day-to-day. We'll have to see how he is as we go along,
division fifth game innings last ready roger saw series somewhere surprise taken
Roger is fine. He's fine. He's ready and able to go. . . . You saw him in the last game in the Division Series and he had his spikes on somewhere in the fifth inning. And if it had taken 10 innings or 20, he would have pitched 10 or 20. That wouldn't surprise me at all.
fifth game pitching roger
Roger Clemens is pitching the fifth game right now,
anybody man might prepared rocket seen thrown whatever
Rocket might have thrown 10, 20 innings. I think he was prepared to do whatever it took. And that's the way the man is. I've never seen anybody like him. He's amazing.
pick scientific
Pick 'em out of a hat. We just need somebody. Nothing scientific in the formula.
brad plain
I think if Brad had made his pitches, we would have had a different outcome, plain and simple,
bring clutch guy hits
I think he's the guy that can bring some clutch hits for us. I'm going to do the right thing for the team.