Brian Graham
Brian Graham
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We've had a couple bad spots on defense, but it's been pretty solid overall. We had good starting pitching, hitting and solid defense. It was a very good team effort.
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Tom can be emotional. This reminds him of how to handle this situation.
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Neil's coming along just fine. It won't be long before he's taking batting practice and catching.
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That's quite a difference from the regular season where the development and the major emphasis is, 'If today doesn't go so well, then there's always tomorrow.'
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What a great thing to have your first-year kids learning lessons from a guy who played the game like that.
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The experience at the higher level for pitchers is invaluable. For example, the idea that when he attacks a batter inside with a fastball and then tries to double up with a fastball and the guy hits it. You need to start recognizing and realizing hitters' tendencies as a pitcher, and you need to pitch off your experience.
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This season has been very gratifying and extremely satisfying as well. The player development system validates itself when players come to the big leagues and not only just get there, but perform well.
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We were just letting (Montoya) dribble through the middle, which was bad. He was a good player.
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They've endured the call-ups, the injuries, and the players who have come up from Double-A to Indianapolis have done a nice job,
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They're all young, and they all can hit, run and play defense. That's the best thing about them from our perspective. They're three-dimensional players, and that's going to benefit them and us in the long run.
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You're looking at someone who has that leadoff ability but also could get you home runs. We see Andrew as having a power kind of swing, and we want to make sure we give him the opportunity to develop that.
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The reports on Correll was that he could be a platoon outfielder in the big leagues some day, given his chance.
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