Dave Duncan
Dave Duncan
bit pitch quite surprised valuable
We thought Marquis would be very valuable to us in the bullpen. He can be used in a lot of different situations, and often. I would be surprised if he doesn't pitch quite a bit yet in this series.
asked attitude bit builds confidence early establish guys happens hope job
It's big because for these guys to come in and do the job that they're being asked to do early builds confidence in them and for us as well. You hope that it happens enough that it snowballs a little bit and these guys establish the attitude that they need to have.
bad bit bullpen changes decision delivery easy gets guys habits himself hurts sudden
It was pretty easy to wait. I don't want him going out there the least bit restricted, and then all of a sudden his delivery changes and he gets into some kind of bad habits or hurts himself worse. The bullpen is well-rested, especially the guys that are able to give us innings: Eldred and Thompson. It's a pretty easy decision to make.
coming people sit
We don't want people coming up just to sit around.
facing guy hitters hoping john seen
I've seen John pitch. He is a guy that hitters didn't really like facing so we're hoping we can see the same here.
ask bare condition looks minimum nice somebody work
Arm-wise, he looks all right. It would be nice if we would be able to see him some more before he leaves. If somebody were to ask me, 'Do I think he's in condition to pitch?' it would be a bare minimum of work that he would have to put in to be ready.
confidence loss ray recently suffered
Ray may have recently suffered a little loss of confidence, and confidence comes by succeeding,
dave guy reminds
Probably the guy he reminds me of the most is Dave Stewart, and not physically,
amount aware baseball caught involved manages managing respect studies tremendous
I've always had a tremendous amount of respect for the way he manages a team, not just the game. He's always prepared. He's never caught not in the game. He's always aware of everything that's going on in the clubhouse. He studies the whole gamut - what's involved in managing a baseball team.
finds given opportunity pitcher
Sometimes that's what happens. Used in another role, given a different opportunity - a pitcher finds his strength.
direction gone playing
As I told Flores, if we were playing a different team, we may have gone a different direction.
competition juices start
You get into competition, the juices start flowing.
adrenaline anybody behind burst changes focus matter needed second situation time
You get in and get it behind you, and your focus changes the second time around. That's a big adrenaline burst for anybody no matter what the situation is. We needed to try to get it under their belt.
flow slow takes until
There's no getting around it until you get into the flow of things, especially as a reliever. It takes at least once to get out there and slow down.