Dave Duncan
Dave Duncan
easy game goes last needs nine somewhere starts talk trying
He's just trying to do too much. Is it because he goes 4-5 (in his last nine starts before the game)? Somewhere in there you do something different, and if you get off your game it's easy to talk about and not easy to get back on it. He needs to get back on his game.
agreed difficult efforts games himself needs putting situations start talked thinks wants
I don't think (Looper) is where he needs to be yet, and I don't think he thinks he's where he wants to be yet. I know he's not because we talked about it. It's a long season. I think it's more important we concentrate our efforts into getting him into some games and some situations where it's not critical. That way he can re-establish himself before we start putting him into difficult situations. He agreed with me.
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.
came conscious everybody hitter pitch rather trying weakness
I think he's more conscious of trying to pitch to the weakness of the hitter rather than just going after everybody the same way. That's pretty much what he did when he first came over.