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 gave pitches plenty
He was coming right at us. He gave us plenty of pitches to hit, but it didn't happen.
frustrated hoping taken team
We need him happy. He's the team leader. I'm hoping he was frustrated or it was taken out of context.
accuse along broke clubhouse easier guys looks seven team together
I really like how this team looks in the clubhouse. I think it's going to be a lot better. We're together for six, seven months. It makes it a lot easier if guys get along and guys have fun. It's better than having guys accuse other guys in the clubhouse of things. That broke us up a little bit.
managing past
In a lot of ways, he was managing in the past. He just didn't have the title.
easiest
I just wanted to give him something. It was the easiest thing I could do. I wanted him to have something of mine.
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.
april ball traveling
The ball was traveling well tonight. Usually in April it doesn't go anywhere. But 75 degrees, the ball was jumping.
easy hit looking pitch recognize
It's an easy pitch to hit if you're looking for it or recognize it.
doubling guy hurting public ten
Doubling it is good. I think 10 is a little light. 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. Not just your own public scrutiny, but you're hurting your ballclub to win.
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.
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.
bit seem
I've been working with my mechanics, ... They seem to be a little bit more sound.
good needed reason
It's something that probably needed to be done. It's illegal, and it's good we put it in there. There's no reason not to have it in there.