Famous Quotes & Sayings

John Gibbons

I think (sending McGowan to Triple-A) would do him good because of the way the bullpen is stacked up right now. We're not coming down here with him eliminated (from the picture). But if we were to keep him with us, it would have to be a vital role.

I think our bullpen last year matched up with their bullpen this year. We have to get back to the kind of bullpen we had last year.

Mark Shapiro

I think if you look what he's done over the last two seasons, he's been one of the most dominant bullpen pitchers in the American League.

I think I may have to warm up earlier next time. Actually, the clock in the clubhouse was eight minutes slow and I got to the bullpen a little late. I'll be ready next time.

I thought he was trying to be too perfect. I told him we needed to be competitive because the bullpen was getting ready to warm up. He responded.

I don't expect perfection. Just keep us in the game, keep us around. You can't use the bullpen at that rampant of a pace.

Joe Torre

I'd like to see him play in the bullpen so he wouldn't be on the field,

Pat Gillick

I don't know that he's got everything he had back then. I don't think he throws as hard. But our scouting reports still say he's an effective set-up man, and he's going to make our bullpen stronger.

Lloyd McClendon

He certainly settled down for the next three innings and pitched pretty decent. We got the lead and the bullpen did a nice job for three innings." ()

Having a big game like I did tonight and having a game where I'm able to keep my pitch count down through nine innings is going to help out the bullpen the rest of the weekend.

Ken Macha

Halsey, that was a great effort by him. And the bullpen came through again.

Ozzie Guillen

(If) I put McCarthy there, I have six guys with no experience in the playoffs in the bullpen and now a rookie to close the game. El Duque knows about the playoffs.

John Schuerholz

I feel much better about our bullpen right now.

From my understanding, yes, I'm competing for a bullpen spot. It is subject to change at any time.

Randy Johnson

Just take a little breather and let the bullpen come in. They did a nice job. I don't need to go out there every time and pitch seven, eight innings.

Bill Cowher

I talked to Matt and I talked to Chris Doering, and I told them to stay in the bullpen for one more year, ... You never know.

Buddy Bell

Burgos has done pretty good, but this has our bullpen out of synch -- it puts everybody in different roles, whatever those are.

I hate to do too much of a diagnosis without talking to everyone. I think there are some pitching needs. There were some positive steps at the end with the bullpen getting settled. But defending your own turf is a big issue. Winning at home and doing better at home are important things.

Sean Marshall

I felt great out there. I felt comfortable warming up in the bullpen and just took it out there on the mound with me.

Cat Osterman

I felt good in the bullpen and even when we came out in the first inning I felt fairly good.

Gary Matthews

I think the early bullpen injuries really threw us out of sync, ... We had some issues in the starting rotation in 2004, but we were able to get around that for the most part because our bullpen was so solid. But this year, we didn't have that same thing going for us.

Phil Garner

Having Marquis in the bullpen is probably going to help a little bit. Even though some probably are going to say their bullpen is a little suspect right now, I don't look at it that way.

Theo Epstein

He's a very important part of the team. When he's pitching well at the back end of our bullpen it really allows everyone to fall into place.

He's a very experienced bullpen arm. The landscape of relief pitchers is fairly inconsistent year to year, but Dan has remained consistent.

He's going to catch a bullpen (session) or two.

Billy Wagner

I don't remember how I got from the bullpen to the mound.

He's been doing a good job for us. Beverly's been giving us five or six good innings each time, and we've been able to keep his pitch count down. He could go longer, but we want to make sure we use everybody in the bullpen and try not to wear ourselves down before the end of the year.

We may be in a situation now that we don't need to (piggyback starters). Depending on the game, you look at what your bullpen brings. We're just looking at the schedule now figuring where we need to slot people.

Mike Gonzalez

Huge ... having a start like Zach did for us today, there was no option but getting him that win. It showed how we can match up in the bullpen. We haven't been able to do that. When we can, this bullpen is going to be tough to crack.

Bobby Cox

Huddy struggled in the one inning again, but that was about it. And the bullpen was good again. It's on a roll right now.

He was really focused this winter and it showed right away with his bullpen quality. It just looked like he really came here meaning business from the very first day. It looks like he has the potential to get back to where he was and go beyond.

He was dominating the strike zone. We stressed that in the bullpen session earlier in the week.

Kevin Towers

He has been the foundation of our bullpen since 1993. And it's great to know that he'll continue to close out games and pursue major-league records in a Padres uniform.