Greg Walker
Greg Walker
exactly instead seeing worrying
This spring, we're seeing him get back to where he was at. He's still made some changes, and he's still not exactly mechanically where he was two years ago. It's a little different, but it works. What I'm seeing, though, is that instead of worrying about mechanics, he's worrying about hitting. He still has a long way to go, like every young player.
feeling himself locked ready season start week
About a week ago he got to feeling like himself again. He's locked in. He's ready to start the season right now.
kid knew miss second time
This kid is really bright. He's very observant, doesn't miss anything. The second time around the league, he already knew most of the pitchers.
brain creating drafting hard luck people player talked trading type
I talked to a lot of Oakland people out there, what they teach, and they said they have a lot more luck drafting that type of player and trading for that type of player than they do creating that type of player. I think it's just the way your brain works. It's very hard to teach.
locked pat seemed
He seemed to really get locked in. Once he got on a roll, it was obvious. We were like, 'That's him.' We just pat him on the back now.
gave guy kept stopped
He never stopped working. He kept working and working and never gave up. That's the kind of guy he is.
broke guy hard power threw
When he was young he threw so hard you had no chance. And when he first broke in, he didn't have that split-fingered pitch. This guy is still a power pitcher.
swing talked teach
When he was on opposing teams, we actually used his swing to teach off of. Some of the things he does, we talked about for two years ... so we know his swing pretty good.
companies company investing jobs money opinion small state
My opinion is the state should be investing more money in small business. It's better to have 10 companies with 10 jobs each than one company with 100 employees.
elect elected officials rather serve
Many elected officials serve for so long they become spokesmen for government, rather than those who elect them.
both cant combining eight fight imagine scratch starting teams
Nothing will come easily. Both teams will have to scratch and claw and fight for every run. I cant imagine two teams combining for eight better starting pitchers.
anybody good seen spring streak training
Granted, it's (mostly in) spring training ... but he's had about as good a 10-day streak as I've ever seen anybody have.
couple gotten hit knows looking love
He's a professional. I love his thought process. He's already told me a couple of times before going up there what he was looking for. He's gotten it and hit it. He knows what he's doing in every sense.
became changed ways
In a lot of ways they were opposites. But they became very close. I don't think they ever really changed at all.