Dave Duncan
Dave Duncan
knew reason soon walked
You knew as soon as he walked in the clubhouse, he was there for one reason and one reason only. That was it.
answer ask question
You can ask yourself that question and give yourself a better answer than I can give you. We'll know (today).
appreciate listening
I still think it's excessive, but I appreciate them reconsidering and listening to what I had to say.
benefits consider depends fifth gain guy looking pitches sitting
It depends a lot on who the fifth guy is. You have to consider how long he's going to be sitting out before he pitches again, No. 1, and what benefits you're looking to gain from that.
excessive fine
I thought it was an awfully big fine for what involvement I had. I thought it was an excessive fine.
ball blame breaking effective homer pitch threw worst
I thought he threw the ball well. Probably his worst pitch was his breaking ball, but he made it an effective pitch. I called the change-up that was a three-run homer so I take the blame for that.
competitor definitely earned last miraculous pitcher respect year
I thought last year was a miraculous year for him. And he definitely earned my respect last year as to what kind of pitcher he was, what kind of person he was, what kind of competitor he was.
good job king pitch playoffs ray sure time
I'm sure by the time the playoffs get here, Ray King will be fine. Because we're going to give him as many opportunities as we can to pitch in those situations, and he's good enough to get the job done.
decision rest
We've got to play the rest of the season, ... That decision doesn't have to be made right now. So we'll see what happens.
fight great
To fight through a day like that when everything was a struggle, that was a great performance.
amount best competing equal figure necessary three work
Getting them all the amount of work necessary is important as long as the three of them are still competing for the job. We're going to try our best to give them equal opportunity. We'll figure out a way to do it.
facing ready seeing situations start
From here on out he's going to start seeing more situations like that and he's going to be facing big lefthanders. And he's going to have to be ready to start getting them out.
due identify precisely
But due to the destructiveness of the explosion, we can't precisely identify what happened.
felt today warm whether yesterday
Basically, yesterday he felt better than he did the day before. And today he felt better than he did yesterday. So we had him warm up to see whether he could go.