Brian Graham
Brian Graham
game great guy kids learning lessons played
What a great thing to have your first-year kids learning lessons from a guy who played the game like that.
guy lit wonderful
Patrick was just a wonderful person. He was the guy who lit up the room.
bring early fill guys leagues people pirates
There was a need early on with the Pirates that you had to bring guys to the big leagues because you had to have people to fill positions.
college full guys hear room
You have a room full of about 60 college guys and you couldn't hear a sound. It was devastating for us,
batting best decide fits gotten guy hits matter slot
This guy does a lot of things well. We have to decide where he fits best and where his best development slot is. It's not a matter of where he plays. It's gotten down to a matter of where he hits in the batting order.
cares confidence guy mike
Mike Johnston is a competitor. He's a guy that cares about his job. I have confidence that he's going to get back to the big leagues.
attacks batter double experience fastball guy higher hits inside level pitchers realizing start tendencies tries
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.
coaches credit deserve guys kept level maintained necessary rest team
Certainly, the coaches deserve a lot of the credit because they've kept these guys going. In addition, the rest of the team has maintained the level of play that's necessary to be successful.
confident fairly guys necessity sometime talent
You can't put a time-table on anybody. Sometimes it's necessity. Sometime it's the right circumstance. But I'm fairly confident that you're going to see all of them eventually. That talent in these guys is just too great.
falling high pressure putting stepped
I think they stepped it up, and we didn't. They were putting high pressure on us, and we were just falling back.
ahead behind coming count counting early lately michael plays struggling wilson worked
Michael worked ahead in the count most of the game, and we made some plays behind him. Wilson has been coming on lately after struggling early in the season. We are counting on him to be a big stick.
adjust good purpose teachings
You just have to know something like that to have a good at-bat in that situation. Our purpose in doing this is to see where they are and adjust our teachings accordingly.
arms bit great scary stop
We've got some great arms in this organization. It's a little bit scary if you stop and think about it.
dribble good letting
We were just letting (Montoya) dribble through the middle, which was bad. He was a good player.