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
ready
It is still day-to-day, but I thought he was going to be ready Friday, so I better not predict.
next time whatever
I told him to take whatever time he needed, to come back when he's ready, ... That may be tomorrow, that may be the next day or the next day after that.
bad chance meets
I told him it would be better if he just meets us in Houston. There's a chance he wouldn't even make it in. We shouldn't be in too bad of shape.
caught chavez difficult might playing playoff staff
It might be a little more difficult to get (Quintero) a whole lot of playing time, ... Chavez has had playoff experience, and he's caught our whole staff more than Quintero.
above franchise means objective stay
It means that the franchise has been pretty successful. I don't think there are many franchises who play over .500 at this point. It's a pretty significant milestone. Our objective now is to just stay way above it.
composed might rattle seen tonight
It might some pitchers, and it didn't rattle Roy, ... I thought tonight he was as composed as I've ever seen him.
effect quite seen sharp swollen
It's all swollen up and puffed up. I think it had a little effect on him. He wasn't quite as sharp as we've seen him.
bit effort totally
It's not something that's totally debilitating. It's there. It grabs him a little bit right when he make his effort to go to the plate.
blow turned turning
The big blow was Willy. For me, that turned out to be the game's turning point.
bit blow pickle today
The big blow today was Willy. They had us in a little bit of a pickle there.
definitely starting
not said definitely one way or another that he is starting or not starting.
asking beautiful draw game learn manage ourselves players quite
The beautiful thing about our game to manage (is) you learn on the job. We've been through all the experiences. You're not asking the players to do something we ourselves haven't done. He'll draw on those experiences, and I think he'll do quite fine.
baggy involved love nor propensity seen situation stretch unique
The Bagwell thing has the propensity to be difficult. We all love Baggy and this is a unique situation. In all my years in the game, I don't think I've seen a situation like this, nor have I been involved in one by any stretch of the imagination.
counts fight people pitches strike taylor
Taylor pitched very well. He pitched all his pitches very well, right at the strike zone. He got fatigued at the end and still managed to fight back in counts and get people out.