Gregg Zaun
Gregg Zaun
Gregory Owen "Gregg" Zaunis an American-Canadian baseball analyst, public speaker and a retired professional baseball catcher. He played for nine different teams over sixteen seasons in Major League Baseball from 1995 until 2010, winning a World Series Championship in 1997. Since 2006 he has served as an on-air personality with Sportsnet in Canada...
ball both good hit home swings
We weren't going to give them anything to pull, and they both put good swings on the ball and hit opposite-field home runs,
balls few figured good home passes pulled quite runs stay threw
Ortiz has pulled quite a few home runs this year, and Manny wasn't having good passes at balls away all series. I just figured I'd stay out there, and they threw the ball pretty much where I wanted.
ball ended good half life looking missing outer pitches result throw time
(Batista) was missing with his cutter to the outer half (of the plate) and I thought that it was a good time to throw a fastball. He has so many good pitches and his ball has such life that we ended up getting the result we were looking for.
ball based calls close everybody except field home looking park reaction seem strike
It's uncanny, isn't it. It does seem to be, especially in this ball park. Most of the close calls go to the home side. Based on his (Rodriguez) reaction to that pitch, and also I'm looking around on the field at the base runners, I think everybody in the ball park thought it was Strike 3 except the umpire.
ball closer command miss needs pinpoint plate regardless swing throw
To me, your closer needs to be able to throw the ball over the plate regardless of what he is throwing, ... If you don't have pinpoint command you need to have an out pitch, a swing and miss pitch.
ball character darn giving good overall three
I thought overall he was pretty darn good today. He really showed a lot of character after giving up three in the first inning to keep us in that ball game.
ball four moves pitches plate throw
He moves the ball around the plate a lot and he's very deceptive. He's got four pitches he can throw any place in the count.
ball chance games good obviously satisfied team
I don't think we're going to be satisfied with being a .500 ball club. Obviously we're not going to end up 20 or 30 games above, like a good team really would. There's still a chance that we could be in it right up to the end and there's a chance that if we're not, we could play spoiler. We all know we're better than a .500 club.
ballgame fly great lazy opportunity outfield win wins
We get another great opportunity to win that ballgame with my at-bat, and it's just unforgivable to not put a ball in play. You don't even need to get a hit. A lazy fly to the outfield wins that ballgame.
anybody base command easy either pinpoint pitch swing
It's not an easy role. He's going to find it but your closer, you either have to have pinpoint command and not let anybody get on base or you have that out pitch where you can go to where you get a swing and miss.
bullpen guys proven worried
I'm not worried about our bullpen at all. Those guys down there are proven and they'll be fine.
fantastic five good joe known normally seen sudden threw throw throwing time
I've known Joe for a long time ... and I've never seen him throw a screwball and he threw me like five or six. I was just, 'What is that?' Normally he's just a really good sinker and a fantastic slider. All of a sudden now he's throwing a screwball.
anyone giving
I've got my pick, but I'm not giving anyone any bulletin-board fodder.
anybody expected guys pennant progress team
We had a real young team and the young guys made a lot of progress. I don't anybody expected us to be a pennant winner, but I think we got better as an organization this year.