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
moves
We'll make the moves we always make. We'll pinch-hit, we'll double-switch, we'll defensively make moves.
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We are a different club and we are probably not as offensively as potent as we were last year. We certainly don't have the possibility to break a game open with the long balls like we did last year. We're a little bit younger in our offense, but somehow we found a way. Our pitching is more solid than it was last year from top to bottom. Our bullpen has been good on the balance of the year and having Andy Pettitte healthy has helped our rotation quite a bit. We are probably a little stronger in the pitching department and probably a little weaker in the offense department.
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We are probably a little stronger in the pitching department and probably a little weaker in the offense department. I don't know how that's going to work out.
bounce bunch game helps quickly stretch time whenever
We're in a stretch of a bunch of day games. We don't bounce back as quickly as we used to. At this time of the year, whenever he can have a game off, it helps him a little bit.
bats certainly driving gone good guys offensive problem weeks zone
We're just not getting guys on base, and we're certainly not driving them in when we do. Everybody's frustrated. We've gone two weeks now without really much of an offensive threat. The real problem is that we're not getting the bats in the zone very good right now.
electric everybody good location tonight
Well, as everybody can see, he's got an electric fastball. He's got a good slider. He has a very good curveball, and his location tonight was excellent.
light maybe
We can maybe see the light at the end of the tunnel.
games three worries
What worries me is that we've had three games that are pretty much stinkers right here lately,
expecting guys pitching pressure
What you're expecting from those guys is always pitching in pressure situations,
saw somehow typical
What you saw is some of our typical games. And we managed to somehow get through it and we just didn't eke it out this time.
absolutely control dominated large saw stepped tonight took
What you saw tonight is not unusual, ... Boy, he stepped up large for us tonight and just took control of the ballgame. He just absolutely dominated the game.
absolutely control dominated large saw stepped tonight took
What you saw tonight is not unusual. Boy, he stepped up large for us tonight and just took control of the ballgame. He just absolutely dominated the game.
saw tonight unusual
What you saw tonight is not unusual for Roy,
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What you saw tonight is not unusual for Roy. This was a big stage and we've had trouble winning games in this park. He stepped up, and took control, and did a super job.