Greg Walker
Greg Walker
bunch doubt watch
We're not perfect, but this is such a gutsy bunch of guys. If you ever doubt or second-guess them ... watch out.
bat book careful joe league pitchers sure swung teams tease
We tease Joe all the time. We tell him, 'You've got the league set up now.' But teams can't get him out going by the book anymore. If Joe swung the bat like this all year, I'm sure some pitchers would be a little more careful with him than they've been in the postseason.
fans rebel somebody
Somebody has to be mainstream, to give something for those fans to rebel against.
ball common common-sense field looking overly strike swing tendency
Right field is important, but what we're looking for is common sense. Swing at the ball in the strike zone. His tendency is to be overly aggressive. We think we can throttle him back.
close crazy games key lost played surprises won
We have played so many close games this year. We lost some on crazy things and won some on crazy things. I think the key to it is we've been in so many, that nothing surprises us anymore.
bears player
I was here when the Bears won, I know how big they were. Every player had his own restaurant.
biggest defensive pay watch
I'm his biggest fan. I'm not a defensive guy, but I would pay to watch him play defense.
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.
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.
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.
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.