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...
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.
happy liked positive sign successful swing win
We would have liked to, obviously, get a win today. (Towers) getting more in the swing of things and getting back to what he does to be successful is a positive sign and we're always happy to get two out of three.
prove though
Even though we know we're much better on paper, we still have to prove it to ourselves.
came plate saying seen
Even (Jay) Gibbons was saying as he came to the plate that he had never seen Tejada do that.
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,
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.
pitch sort tough tried
We tried pretty much everything to get something going, some sort of a pitch going. It was a tough day for him.
lights next sure tough tried
We tried just about everything, but it was just a tough day for him. I'm sure he'll be lights out next time.
best mind question strike threw whether
I thought it was one of the best ones he threw all day, especially considering the situation. I didn't have any question in my mind whether it was a strike or not. Three-two was borderline.
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.
benefit felt instant kept liked replay run score third
That's tough. We would've liked to have kept the score where it was. Unfortunately, we don't have the benefit of instant replay while we're out there on the field. I felt like we made the third out before the run was recorded, but, obviously, Mr. Runge didn't feel that way.
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.
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.
chances holding team three yankees
Holding a team like the Yankees to three runs, I'll take my chances any day.