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
focus good hard last pitchers ready tough
I thought our pitchers were very good today. It's a tough day, always the last day is a tough day. Everybody's ready to go, and it is hard to keep your focus going.
ball control good playing
I think we want to take it down to the wire. That's the way we've been playing it, so that's what we're going to do. We've just got to buckle down and play good ball now. We're still in control of our destiny.
ball deserve good guy neat sort
I think it's sort of a neat story that 'Rocket' is going to be the guy to take the ball in the first game. Not only does he deserve it, but I think it's a good story, too.
ball breaks bust couple course good hudson keeping league previous seen sinking sure zone
I said it's going to take a couple of breaks and someone's going to have to bust one long. That was the Hudson that I had seen in previous years in the American League with a good sinking fastball. He was keeping the ball down in the zone and just didn't give us much. And sure enough, we got something going. And Lance (Berkman) comes up with a big boom. Then of course Ausmus with a big boom, too.
badly bounce certainly chance good home series win
We're certainly not in a good spot, ... As badly as we played, we had a chance to win this ballgame. That would have been a feel-good experience. We just have to go home and regroup. We'll bounce back. We'll make a series out of this.
chance good home series win
Well, we're not in a good spot. We had a chance to win this ballgame. We have to go home and regroup. We'll make a series out of this.
chance good home series win
Well, we're not in a good spot, ... We had a chance to win this ballgame. We have to go home and regroup. We'll make a series out of this.
good
Well, we're not in a good spot. They can't do anything wrong.
clutch good hit mike shown
I think Mike can hit good pitchers, and he's shown us for a year-and-a-half he can come through big in clutch situations.
good hit lamb situation
I think Lamb is a very good hitter, ... I've let Lamb hit in that situation many times.
baggy ball bat good guy head hitting throwing zone
I thought his at-bat was a very good at-bat. His bat head was in the hitting zone on the ball he fouled back, and that's a good sign. The guy was throwing pretty good, was varying his speeds. Baggy was able to get the bat head out there.
bat break days good mental might rolling swinging tough
I might not have done it had he been really swinging the bat well, but sometimes you need a mental break when you're having a tough stretch. Most of his days off will come on day games, but he will play on long stretches when he will be rolling good and won't get as many days off.
ball good hits hitting job putting
I wouldn't say he pitched poorly, I'd say that they did a good job of putting the ball in play. They are a good hitting team. They're going to get some hits on you.
appeared ball behind good throwing
It appeared to be long innings, and we appeared to be getting behind guys. But they were throwing the ball in pretty good location.