Tony Russa
Tony Russa
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He throws strikes, has three pitches -- and his three pitches are major league caliber.
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They have done some really good things, mixed their pitchers or patterns up. I think no matter how good you pitch, we've got so many weapons, there's a way for us to break through and we haven't.
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I think he's pitching with more confidence. He's got more experience and he's got more weapons when he goes out there. They all fit.
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He's shown that he can pitch in difficult situations without it affecting him.
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Guys took their place and did a terrific job with the bats and we were pitching well. We don't have Scott back, but we have Larry and Reggie back. Both of those guys can handle a bat, so you don't push as much with them as you would with some of the other guys.
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I think my first understanding of the significance of Gibson's home run is the drama of what he did that day, as hurt as he was, that being his only at-bat. And if you saw him foul those pitches off and how gimpy he was, it was an incredibly heroic kind of at-bat, if you can use hero in sports,
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My whole concentration on the game is affected by a pitch that got away. You know, that looks so terrible. The guy is a great pro. I just talked to Julian in there for a long time. Nothing against him, as soon as he fell out of his delivery...the ball has to get down. He's a sinker ball pitcher. That incident screws up the whole night for me.
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Any pitcher can make a mistake, and we're good enough to capitalize. But (Arroyo) did enough good things. He got a lot of outs in a lot of different parts of the zone. That's good pitching. If we pitch good, I always think there's a chance we're going to break through any particular inning.
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And then the other stuff falls into place. As you saw there, that's what he's been doing all year long. I can't remember seeing a pitcher all the years that I've managed that has been so good every time out.
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That's the kind of pitcher he is. We were buying outs at that point in the game, and he bought them all.
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He's going to pitch on the edges. He's tough enough to hit when it's over the plate.
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That's the way we played all year long, ... Our pitchers are not afraid to pitch to contact and get the groundball.
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That's the way we played all year long. Our pitchers are not afraid to pitch to contact and get the groundball.
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There's a lot of stuff (left to figure out). It's not just John Rodriguez.