Joe Nathan
Joe Nathan
Joseph Michael "Joe" Nathanis an American professional baseball pitcher for the Chicago Cubs of Major League Baseball. Nathan started out his baseball career as a shortstop in high school and while at Stony Brook University, but converted to a pitcher after being drafted by the San Francisco Giants. He worked his way through the minor leagues, alternating between spots in the rotation and the bullpen. After a few years of splitting time between the majors and the minors, Nathan had...
baseball best challenge easy forward good hopefully looking opening season start tough
It's going to be a tough opening month. I think most of us are just looking forward to getting the season going and looking forward to the challenge of it. Hopefully we can get off to a good start and play the best baseball right away because it's not going to be an easy stretch.
hopefully numbers prove
That's out of his control. Hopefully the other numbers prove to be stronger.
bit finish hopefully last numbers people persuade strong three top total wins
At least top three. A lot of times wins are out of your control, so all he can do is try to finish off strong with his last three (starts) and get his win total up a little bit and hopefully his other numbers are strong enough to persuade some people to go that route.
help hopefully sounds
Sounds awesome. He's going to do nothing but help us, and hopefully he'll get back to his old form. Hopefully it'll be like the Shannon Stewart trade.
feed guys hopefully last maybe seen sharp slow start
The last two outings were as sharp as we've seen him. Hopefully he's through his little slow start and on the right track. And now maybe other guys feed off what he's doing.
guys hopefully pick runs slack staff
These guys are doing what they have to do right now to put runs on the board, especially when we as a staff aren't doing as well as we'd like to. We still have to pick up some slack and when we do, hopefully we can pick them up sometimes, too.
busting coming everyday hard hitters sit state whatever
We're not going to sit there and say that we need more runs. We know how hard it is, and it's not like our hitters need to be told. We don't need to state the obvious. They're coming in and busting their butt everyday and doing whatever they need to to get better.
glad heard loudest since win
I was glad to get through it and get Johan a win after the way he pitched, ... Since I've been here, that's the loudest I've heard it.
again almost calendar game guys month proved start turn
I think this game has proved that once you turn the calendar month it's almost like guys can start over again easier.
along lines spot stir trying
I think J.C. is in a better spot mentally, so I think it was more along the lines of that than him trying to stir up anything with us.
ahead since situations strikes sure
My thought was just to try to get ahead on strikes and make sure I'm around the plate. It's been a while since I've been out there, so in those situations you never know how you will react.
battle huge team
That was a huge loss. It's one of the more disappointing losses, especially for our team to battle back like that.
creates fantasy good interest perform
I think fantasy is a good thing, it creates interest. I don't think about it much. It's not like I go out and try to perform for a fantasy team, but I think they are good to create interest and not just in baseball.
executives gotten ibm issue last months talking various
Over the last 18 months that this issue has developed, we have been talking with various IBM executives at many levels, and just had not gotten anywhere, ... We're frustrated.