Dave Duncan
Dave Duncan
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.
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.
add anytime deal hitter learn quality trying weapon work
It's a never-ending process. As long as you're pitching, you're trying to learn something new. Anytime you can add a pitch, if it's a quality pitch, it's just another weapon that you have to work with. It's one more thing the hitter has to deal with.
information knows work
He knows what information I want, and I know he's accurate. I work off Chad's base.
deserve happy help kids work
Granddad. These kids deserve all that they get from this sale. They work really hard, and I'm happy to help them in any way I can.
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.
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.