Bob Brenly
Bob Brenly
Robert Earl Brenlyis an American baseball sportscaster and a former professional baseball player, coach and manager. He played the majority of his Major League Baseball career as a catcher with the San Francisco Giants. After retiring as a player, he worked as a broadcaster with the Chicago Cubs, then as a coach with the Giants, then as a broadcaster for Fox. He was hired to manage the Arizona Diamondbacks for the 2001 season, and won the franchise's only championship his...
knew players sure top veteran
The veteran players wanted to make sure I knew what I was doing, that I was on top of things, that I didn't get flabbergasted.
difficult veteran
It wasn't that difficult for me because I had such a veteran team,
crack egos guys kick pat whip
There were egos to salve. Guys to pat on the back. Some guys to kick in the butt. I really didn't have to crack a whip a whole lot, but ?
amount athletes certain compete definitely level pride randy
I definitely think he is, ... Athletes have to have a certain amount of pride to compete at the level they compete at. Randy is a very prideful athlete.
derived giving job ring
I don't think he derived a whole lot of satisfaction from being a closer. It just didn't ring his bell. We think giving him a job he wants, we think he could be something special.
maybe teams voice
He's managed some teams that were out of it on May 20, ... so maybe he is the voice of experience.
batting fires grace lose veteran
If Grace stomps to the clubhouse, fires his batting helmet, ... I'm probably going to lose every veteran on the team.