Jay Gibbons
Jay Gibbons
Jay Jonathan Gibbonsis a former American professional baseball right fielder in Major League Baseball. He played college baseball at California State University, Los Angeles and in the Major Leagues for the Baltimore Orioles and Los Angeles Dodgers. He attended Mayfair High School in Lakewood, California. He is the current hitting coach for the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes of the California League...
coming excited feeling good growing guys seeing stick
It's a good feeling to stick around and know you're going to be with these guys for a while. I'm excited about seeing the young guys coming up and growing with you.
good swinging swings
I told him after the first two at-bats that he was swinging as good as he did when he left. His swings were really good.
almost ball impressive throw throwing
It's almost like throwing the ball back to the umpire. He didn't like the ball. Same thing. It's pretty impressive if he can throw it for a strike.
boos mixed overall seen
A lot of cheers, probably some boos mixed in. Understandable. I think overall it will be better than worse. I've seen a lot of support.
bit seem
I've been working with my mechanics, ... They seem to be a little bit more sound.
anytime asked bad contract free games given happened hard help home player rule year
Anytime a player is day-to-day like a Rule 5 player is, you can't help but take the bad games home with you. We asked for a contract in 2002 and 2003, but the Orioles weren't ready. If they had not given me a contract, I was going to play hard this year and see what happened in free agency.
guy hurting ten
Ten you can get away with as a team. You can do without a guy for 10 days, but 20, you're kind of hurting your ballclub, too.
ball hurting ten
Ten is a little light, ... Ten, you can get away with it as a team, but 20, you're hurting your ball club.
bit good hear road today
Obviously, on the road it's going to be a little bit rougher for him. I think it's good for him to come back today and hear some of the cheers.
bit road
Obviously, on the road it's going to be a little bit rougher for him.
asking national news reporters seen
We see reporters that we have never seen before. This is national news now. They're all asking the same question.
reporters seen
We see reporters that we have never seen before,
easy five guessing halfway lose shadows spin
You have five innings, that's all you get here, ... After that it's a guessing game. The shadows are not easy to hit. You can't see the spin well, then halfway through it, you lose all of the spin and then even the ball.
care losing
There has been a lot of distractions. After losing the first game, we showed that we do care and that we want to win.