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
ballpark best bottom coming history line played step
We're not in the best of situations, obviously, but we feel pretty good. We've got a history of being able to do it. We're coming back to our ballpark where we played pretty well. But bottom line is we need to step up and do it.
across couple fighting good job looked run turn win
We had a couple of chances. We couldn't get a run across the plate, but we got back in the ballgame. We did a good job fighting to get back into the ballgame. It looked like we were going to turn it and win it.
chance win
We had a chance to win this ballgame,
ballgame chance failed hit jason lane top win
We had a chance to win the ballgame when we had the top of our lineup up, but couldn't, ... We had every chance to win but failed to put the ball in play. Jason Lane was the only one to hit the ball hard.
break chance couple gets happened settled
We had a chance to break through in the first couple of innings, then he settled down. You've got to get to him early, before he gets in a groove. That's what happened to us. He got in a groove.
extent good point
To this point it's probably a good thing he hasn't had to do that. To what extent he could do it if he had to throw, I don't know.
came chicago dropping playing quite team tough trouble
We came in here after dropping two (of three) in Chicago and playing a team that's been tough on us, a team that we've had trouble with here, ... We responded quite well.
month sudden
We only had one (actually three) three-city trips. Why all of a sudden do we have one every month after April?
beyond critical knows looks obviously offense score wild wins
We obviously need to get our offense going again, ... And beyond that, who knows how many wins you need (to win the wild card)? The thing that's critical for me is we need to be back to where it looks like we're going to score runs, where you just know you're going to score runs.
atlanta start thinking
We'll start thinking about Atlanta later, ... We're just going to do a little celebrating right now.
break giving good pitchers score
We have to break out. We have to score some runs. Our pitchers have been giving us good enough games. We have to buckle down.
felt game
We had opportunities, that's what hurts. I just felt like this was going to be a game we were going to win.
best lose loss
We'll probably lose it all. Why play 'em? ... Hey, it's one loss in a best out of seven.
ball chance failed
We had every chance to win, but failed to put the ball in play.