Quotes about bullpen
bullpen came effort great
Halsey, that was a great effort by him. And the bullpen came through again. Ken Macha
bullpen help suspect though
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. Phil Garner
bullpen fall pitching
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. Theo Epstein
bullpen dan fairly landscape pitchers relief remained year
He's a very experienced bullpen arm. The landscape of relief pitchers is fairly inconsistent year to year, but Dan has remained consistent.
bullpen early injuries issues rotation starting threw
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. Gary Matthews
bullpen goes good mechanical talked watches wrong
We talked a lot about mechanics. Being tall, when something mechanical can go wrong, it goes wrong in a hurry. We talked about what he watches out for and the things he does in his bullpen sessions. It was good stuff.
bullpen catch
He's going to catch a bullpen (session) or two.
bullpen count everybody five giving good innings job ourselves pitch six sure wear
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.
bullpen depending figuring looking schedule situation slot
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.
bullpen huge match option start tough
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. Mike Gonzalez
bullpen good roll struggled
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. Bobby Cox
bullpen business came focused looked looks meaning potential winter
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.
bullpen center improve somewhat
I think we have to change. We have to improve our bullpen somewhat and find someone to play center field. Joe Torre
bullpen couple groove job rough roy tiring
I thought Roy started tiring in the sixth, ... but he did the job he had to do. And the bullpen was perfect. Roy has had a couple of rough outings lately, but he was back in the groove tonight. Phil Garner
bullpen close continue foundation games great pursue records since
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. Kevin Towers
bullpen gave nice
He gave the bullpen a real nice breather. Ryan Dempster
bullpen finds good rotation starting stick
He does it every year. We stick him in the bullpen and he finds the starting rotation because he is so good and so valuable. I'd like to have two of him -- one in the bullpen and one starting.
bullpen good looked
He looked good in the bullpen before the game. He just could not find the plate.
bullpen dominating earlier session stressed strike
He was dominating the strike zone. We stressed that in the bullpen session earlier in the week.
bullpen trying
We're trying to survive, ... The whole bullpen is spent. We just don't have any pitching.
bullpen came compete excited game good group guys
We came out and had a really good first inning and the bullpen came up big for us in that game like they have all year. This is a good group of guys that want to compete and are excited to get in there and get after it.
bullpen good guys three
The good thing about our bullpen is our three guys can all close, with no problem. Buddy Bell
bullpen full guys last past somebody soon various
When you get down to your last game, you can have a bullpen full of everybody. You can't do that right now. We need somebody to make these starts. While they're still starting, they need to start. Once we get past each guy's start, you may see various guys going out of that bullpen as soon as they're available. That's a definite. Terry Francona
bullpen call golf good
We call it the Big Bullpen group. We play a lot of golf together, and they are all good players.
bullpen games pitch reducing
We like our bullpen. We can look, with those pitch counts, at reducing games to our bullpen a little quicker, potentially.
bullpen fits great group makeup seen taken veteran
We like everything we've seen about him. He has great makeup and he fits in with a veteran group in the bullpen who have taken him under their wing. Jon Daniels
bullpen experience pitch rather ready
We'll keep them ready to pitch and look for opportunities to get them experience. I'd rather see them come out of the bullpen than not pitch at all.
bullpen games tight top
We've come out on top of a lot of tight games because of the bullpen that we have.
bullpen figured pitchers step thrown work
When our No. 1 and No. 2 pitchers left, I figured I had to step up and pitch and was just thrown into the role. I started doing some bullpen work in the off-season. David Hale
bullpen everybody exactly guys help knows last sat talk three
We sat down and had a little talk with our bullpen and got everybody in roles. That's been a big help the last three games. Guys didn't know when they were going to pitch. Now everybody in our bullpen knows exactly when I'm going to use them.
bullpen pitching series
Our pitching was outstanding this series and I really thought our bullpen was good.
bullpen job nice starters unless
Our pitching. I told them that we're not going to do anything unless we pitched well. Our starters have done a nice job and our bullpen has been much better. Willie Randolph
bullpen coming confidence giving holding innings level pitching plus risen starters time
Our pitching has been coming around. The starters have been giving us plus innings and the bullpen has been holding it. The confidence level has risen big time around here - you can feel it.