Chris Widger
Chris Widger
Christopher Jon Widgeris a former Major League Baseballcatcher. He played in MLB from 1995-2006 with the Seattle Mariners, Montreal Expos, New York Yankees, St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago White Sox and Baltimore Orioles. He is the current manager of the Camden Riversharks...
both normally period
They'll both be OK. Right now they're both going through the dead-arm period that they would normally go through in the spring.
baseball enjoyed forget playing time winning
Forget winning the World Series. I enjoyed playing baseball for the first time in a long time.
freaky happen
It's one of those freaky things that happen. It'll probably never happen again.
changed happy loose month
It's been about a month that he's changed on the bench. He's not as loose and happy go-lucky as he was but, hey, that's the way it is.
change excited few five gets pitchers spoke strung together
There were 26 the other day when he spoke to pitchers and catchers. He spoke for five minutes. He was doing well, and then he strung together a few at the end. He gets excited and animated. He's not going to change because that's what makes him who he is.
good realize
You play with him and you realize that it's all part of his fire. You take the good with the bad.
answer best decision dies family far happiness hope lives loose next team
He's not as loose and happy-go-lucky as he was but, hey, that's the way it is. When you're a manager, the team lives and dies on your decision and at the end of the day you have to answer for the way your team plays, ... As far as him quitting, I hope not, I'd like to come back here next year, but he has to do whatever's best for him, best for his family and best for his health.
badly calls came crucial talked team tough umpire whether wrong
I do feel badly for (Eddings). I know that's part of it, that when you're an umpire you take (garbage). You're always going to be wrong whether it's for one team or the other team. He could have made 200 calls right that game, but that play is the one that's going to be talked about because it came in such a crucial situation. It's a tough job.
bats hot playing ran red swinging team
It's disappointing to not get this one in. We ran into a red hot team that's swinging the bats well and they're playing well at home.
cause daily lying news problem report stir trying
(The Daily News report is) just someone trying to stir something up and cause a problem who was flat-out lying in the paper.
everybody train wants
You know people. Everybody wants to see a train wreck.
hand people
You can't ever do it on your own. In my case, just getting back here, a lot of people had a hand in that.