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
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I'm ticked. This is embarrassing to play like this in front of our hometown.
hitting job ticked
I'm ticked off because we're not hitting well. We're just not getting the job done.
bent break certainly
He bent a little bit, ... but he certainly didn't break and he didn't give in.
calmed came confident game good improvement last major matured saw seemed situations year
He pitched well, of course, the year before. And last year I saw some major improvement in him. I thought he calmed down. I thought he came into the game with a real good game plan. I thought he executed his game plans. To me, he matured a lot last year. He seemed more confident on the mound. He pitched in some big situations and he got some outs in some big situations.
fine likes win wish
He pitched very well. We couldn't get that win for him. I wish we could have. I don't think he located as well as he likes to locate, but still he managed to do a fine job.
fool situations tense trust
He pitched very, very well in some of the most tense situations that you can ever be in. And he can go back and say 'this is the way I did it. I don't have to fool anybody. I can trust my stuff.
appreciate good people recognize
I appreciate when people recognize that you're doing a good job,
asked
I asked for him to get some help. But we didn't get any help.
amount anybody bit certain dead fault looks matter people proving role truth underdog
I feel a little bit more comfortable in the underdog world. I don't know how I feel in the dead role too much. There is a certain amount of satisfaction in proving people wrong. But the truth of the matter is, we did look dead. You can't fault anybody for writing what looks to be the truth.
good guys job laid last learning needed process somewhat start walk
I don't think these are guys that you walk in and say, 'Hey, you need to start doing this now.' He needed to be somewhat laid back. He did a good job in the learning process last year.
baseman expected happen hard throw throwing until ways
He's not really had to make a throw, we've only had one throw from a first baseman all spring. While he's probably throwing about what I expected right now, he's still got a ways to go. He hasn't had to make a throw to second, hasn't had to make a quick, hard throw and we don't know what's going to happen until that happens.
He's my closer. He's our go-to guy. He's going to be fine. He'll do just fine,
drive hard hit seems shut somebody stupid
How stupid can it get? You just keep getting shut out. It's just stupid. It's hard to get shut out in today's game. It just seems like somebody 's going to get a hit to drive in a run.
shut stupid
How stupid can it get? You just keep getting shut out, it's just stupid.