Bruce Bochy
Bruce Bochy
Bruce Douglas Bochyis the manager of the San Francisco Giants. Prior to joining the Giants for the 2007 season, Bochy was the manager of the San Diego Padres for twelve seasons. He has led the Giants to three World Series Championships, and also led the Padres to one World Series appearance during his tenure in San Diego...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth16 April 1955
CityBussac-Foret, France
approach greatest hitters pitches playing quality
We're going to approach him like we always have, as if he's been playing all season. This guy's one of the greatest hitters of all time. You want to make quality pitches and not make mistakes.
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We're going to approach him like he's been playing all year. Watching batting practice, it doesn't look like he's had any problem getting ready.
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Brian was trying to break up the double play. He's not playing dirty there. West got the call right.
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Brian's not playing dirty there. He's just trying to break up the double play.
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I wanted to increase his playing time against right-handers and he started struggling a little there against right-handers (in recent games). That's why we're going back to the way we were.
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We thought it would be good for him to get some playing time. He hit some balls hard, that were right at guys, but he's a little rusty. He's a Major League player. I like his swing. His legs, his health, he's doing much better there. He just needs some at-bats.
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It's up to him now to continue his progress and get back to playing like we think he can.
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It's whoever's playing the best ball at the time, who's clicking, pitching the best, playing the best ball. That's why you have Wild Card teams get hot at the end and keep going.
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I want them to get accustomed to playing together. I like the way the outfield looks. They are working well together.
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It turned out to be a good trip for us. We're playing better. It's good to see some guys break out with the bats.
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We're starting to get a little concerned whether he's getting enough playing time.
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We broke down in the eighth inning. That opened up the floodgates. ... We were playing flawless ball until the eighth.
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Wow. He's doing a great job of coming through for us, of clutching up. He's playing some great ball. That play in the ninth was huge. He's playing inspiring ball right now.
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You would think that we are playing at Coors Field the way these games are going.