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
found hole strike zone
He had us in a hole all night. He found the strike zone and he said, 'hit it,' and we didn't.
baggy ball bat good guy head hitting throwing zone
I thought his at-bat was a very good at-bat. His bat head was in the hitting zone on the ball he fouled back, and that's a good sign. The guy was throwing pretty good, was varying his speeds. Baggy was able to get the bat head out there.
happen hard opening throw
He hasn't made a quick, hard throw and we want to see that. It will happen when it happens. Obviously, we'd like to see it before opening day.
backing control front good jimmy office relationship time together
They'll let Jimmy control the clubhouse, and he'll get the backing from the front office because of his good relationship with Dombrowski from their time together with the Marlins.
lost tennessee
I don't know, after Tennessee lost yesterday, he's probably a little flat. He's a big Volunteer.
baggy came hung physically roy tough win
That was a big ballgame. Roy (Oswalt) hung tough for us, and Baggy came up real big. Emotionally and physically to give us a win like that, that was really good.
applaud ball beats bunch great guy hanging next pitches takes tough
That was a great at-bat. You never know if that has anything to do with the next guy, but when a guy makes a bunch of pitches on you, and he nubs the ball to shortstop and he beats it out, I think it takes something out of you. You've got to applaud Willy for hanging tough in that at-bat.
chris discuss figure might sit spring willing
I will sit down with him at spring training, and we'll discuss what we might need to do. I know Chris is willing to do anything we want him to do. We'll see what makes sense and figure out a way to get him some at-bats.
question shoulder
His shoulder is impaired, there's no question about that from anybody. But definitely, you can make too much of what you see or don't see today.
duplicate last
I thought they were going to be hard-pressed to duplicate what they did last year.
deserves
He deserves that. Not only does he deserve it, that's the right thing for us to do in that situation. And that's what we've done.
keeping keeps
The man's amazing. He keeps on keeping on, doesn't he? Isn't he something?
baggy determine good looked step today whether
I thought Baggy looked better today than he has all spring. Each one little step is a good step but it's a process. It's not an event. Today is not going to determine whether he's good or bad.
darn deal gonna gotta nervous sure
That's what you gotta deal with, 'cause they're darn sure gonna be nervous when we get into the playoffs. So you gotta be able to (throw strikes) when you're nervous.