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
baseball bounce mind question tough
Tough loss, no question, but we've still got a lot of baseball to play. No question in my mind that we'll bounce back and play well.
balls care double field fly ground missed skills taken work
We got on the field and got some work done, a lot of ground balls and fly balls. We got those skills taken care of today. We missed our fundamentals but we'll still be able to double up (today) and get back on track.
mess plain
We're winning. Don't mess with it while we're winning. We're winning, plain and simple.
case closer manage spread
Usually, over the years, I manage to keep the closer pretty well spread out, ... That's not been the case this year.
good
Wagner's tough. We all know how good he is. We just buckled down.
becomes besides brad catcher difficult gone guy looking offense pitchers second sit work
We have traditionally gone with only a second catcher and I'm looking to do that again. The guy becomes important because he's the only guy you have besides Brad. He's also a guy who's going to have to sit around a lot because Brad is going to play a lot. He's got to work with the pitchers and we'd like to get some offense out of him as well, but that's difficult to do because he doesn't play much.
eighth friday good
Wheeler will get the eighth inning on Friday if it's called for, ... He's been good for us.
biggest game gotten keeps might momentum turning
Wheeler might have gotten the biggest strikeout of the game on Bay. And Gallo keeps the momentum from turning on their side.
We are not going to take anything for granted.
good roy running
When you're running Roy out there, ... you've got to feel pretty good about your chances.
bit close dance everybody houston involved lived played since wonderful
We are Houston fans, ... and since I've played there, we've lived there. For us it's long-suffering. Forty-four years of getting close and not getting to the big dance has been a little bit frustrating, so this is a wonderful accomplishment for our city, for our organization, everybody who's been involved with it.
takes
We'll get that straightened out. Sometimes it takes us a while to get them on track, but we'll get them on track.
moves
We'll make the moves we always make. We'll pinch-hit, we'll double-switch, we'll defensively make moves.
basically deal everybody great hope learn managerial piece style
You learn a piece of it basically from everybody that you play for. I would hope that my managerial style is a great deal like Chuck. He's my mentor.