John Buck
John Buck
baseman factor solid winning
I like being in control. You feel like you've been a solid factor in winning over, say, a first baseman or a right fielder. That's why I like it a lot. It's such an important role.
drove eat field saw signs street top
We even saw the street that I drove down every day to eat and go to the field and it was completely under water. You can see the top of the street signs and that's it. It's a shock. I don't know what they're going to do down there.
huge momentum
That was a huge inning for us to get the momentum back.
felt hurt putting situation
It felt good, ... with what our situation is and what their situation is. And they'd been putting the hurt on us all year.
losing ruins
Losing is never easy. It ruins your day.
good
So, I did. I didn't get a good jump, but I still went. But I can't be out on that play.
cause fans knocking late night people reasons sacrifice school season stay time type year
The reasons why the fans aren't out here are the type of season we've had, the time of year it is, not in the race, knocking on 100 losses. I think that's why people are not going to make the sacrifice to stay up late on a school night cause it is not real meaningful.
close drive streets surreal tv
It's surreal because you look on TV and see the streets where (wife) Brooke and I used to drive down and it makes it feel so much more close to home,
fall hits matter time work
It's just a matter of time before those broken-bat hits fall our way. And things will work our way and we'll get out of this.
ball breaking broken since threw time
It was the first time he threw a breaking ball since his broken finger.
feeds given good job mark pitcher taking trying
They did a good job of taking what they were given and not trying to do too much. Mark is the kind of pitcher who feeds off the other team's aggressiveness.
figure
It'll be good. I won't have to think for two of us to try to figure out what works.
ball drag guy hit paid park shift takes thank
Usually if you have a shift on, they're paid to hit, not paid to bunt. That's a guy that can hit the ball out of the park with any pitch. With Giambi, if he takes a drag bunt, thank you for the single.
against deepest full guys nine patient tough
The deepest in the league, by a long shot. They're all really patient hitters. It's not often you have all nine guys who play tough and take pitches. You've got to go the full nine innings, especially against these guys.