Dave Duncan
Dave Duncan
expect guys
We think we're a pitching-strong team. Our guys aren't doing anything they don't expect to do.
expect good key needs somebody steps
Looper is important to our bullpen. Can it be a good bullpen? Yes, if somebody else steps up if he isn't what we expect him to be right away. The key is getting him to do the things he needs to be doing.
changes expect tomorrow unless
Unless something changes tomorrow or Friday, I expect he'll be out there.
contribute expect game gets
If Looper gets his game back, which I expect he will, he can contribute as much as Tavarez, if not more.
expect objective
The objective is to get (Looper) 100 percent. We don't expect it's going to take that long.
appearance certainly change course expressing fair frustrated game guys maybe naturally number scream share weighs
When you have a number of guys expressing concern, naturally you share their concern. And there's not much you can do about it other than get frustrated and maybe scream and holler a little bit. But you certainly can't change it. You'd like to think you're getting a fair shake. It has the appearance of being one-sided. And over the course of the game that kind of weighs on you.
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.
coming people sit
We don't want people coming up just to sit around.
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.
direction gone playing
As I told Flores, if we were playing a different team, we may have gone a different direction.
game tough
Thursday's game (against the Padres) was tough because there were so many left-handed, right-handed situations,
bullpen experience pitch rather ready
We'll keep them ready to pitch and look for opportunities to get them experience. I'd rather see them come out of the bullpen than not pitch at all.
added basic pitcher strike
I got started with a basic thought. I wanted to know how each pitcher got strike one. Once I did that, I added this and then that.