Jeff Pentland
Jeff Pentland
Jeffrey William Pentlandis an American baseball coach. He has coached in college baseball and Major League Baseball...
close compare last maybe mostly needed tape technical tinkering year
It's mostly confidence. From a technical standpoint, you look at last year's tape and compare it to the year he had with Dodgers, and there's not a lot of outstanding problems. He's close technically, with maybe a little tinkering or refining needed here and there.
adrian body control direction discuss greater movement needed situation swing talk
Adrian wanted to talk about his hands, and I wanted to discuss his legs. Really, this was a situation where he needed greater movement off his back hip. This spring, he regained control and direction of his swing and body movement, and you see the difference.
bring good learned time
We're very good friends. But essentially I learned a long time ago, you need to do things your way. If it happens, so be it. If it doesn't, they'll probably bring in another guy.
built challenge good help people rome
Rome can't be built in a day and I know there's been a lot of good people here before. It's a challenge for me certainly. Hopefully, I can help and I can make a difference.
biggest guys hear successes
Sometimes the biggest successes aren't the guys you hear the most about.
ability becomes close early focused game gotten guys line nine shown
Sometimes early the guys aren't focused as much, and with the game on the line it becomes more intense. I think we've shown the ability when the game is close and late, and our at-bats have gotten better. We'd like to keep that going for nine innings, but we haven't done that.
bit complement hoping pitchers runs score throw
I'm hoping we score enough runs where our pitchers feel so comfortable that they don't have to go out and throw a shutout every game. Hopefully, we complement them a little bit better this year.
home thinking
I don't even want him thinking about home runs.
Obviously, when you don't get any hits, there aren't any opportunities.
jeremy reed
We made a lot of progress. I'm not one to put expectations on people, but I think you're going to see a different Jeremy Reed this year.
guy guys hit run
You have to be able to run well in the No. 2 spot. With Ichiro on base, the No. 2 guy will take pitches, so he's going to have to be able to hit well with two strikes. I think we've got guys who can do that.
best happened leagues spent time understanding year
We spent a lot of time on communicating with one another, getting a feel for one another, and understanding that the best thing that happened for him in 2005 was that he got his first year in the big leagues under him.
ability gather individual job offense rebound team ways
We've just got to rebound from this situation. We've got a lot of ability here, and we've got a long ways to go. We've got to gather up as a team, because it's a team offense and it's not any one individual that's going to get the job done.
ball good hitting left sign
It's a really good sign that he's hitting. He left hitting the ball pretty good. He was hitting it long ... and far.