John Flaherty
John Flaherty
John Timothy Flahertyis a television baseball broadcaster and a retired Major League Baseball player. Flaherty was a catcher, and last played in the major leagues for the New York Yankees...
chance good hopefully randy
With Randy on the mound, we feel we have a good chance to win. Hopefully we will play better defense.
against four game games johnson maybe randy stepped
This is the day Randy Johnson stepped up to the plate. You can say maybe this is the game we got him for, whatever. A game of this magnitude, against that team, being four games down - he stepped up today.
calm forth legitimate quickly randy saying second
I was disappointed that Fieldin reacted as quickly as he did, but he has a legitimate gripe. Randy was saying some things in the first inning and by the second inning Cubby had enough. In the first inning they went back and forth and Fieldin told him, to his credit, that he's had enough and to calm it down.
curtain randy
I thought Randy went back out there for a curtain call.
anywhere blame far randy says threw took umpires
In the first inning, they were going back and forth. Fieldin told him it was enough and Randy says a lot to umpires about strikes. You can place the blame anywhere you want. Randy took it too far or Fieldin threw him out too quickly.
blame good knowing maybe quickly randy stepped surprised threw truth umpire
You can place blame any where you want to. You can maybe say that Randy went a little too far. There's probably some truth to that, but I was surprised that Fieldin threw him out as quickly as he did knowing the kind of umpire that he is. He's a very good umpire. I don't know if Randy stepped over the line. I didn't necessarily think he did.
asleep bit fell
We fell asleep a little bit defensively, and we couldn't recover.
few gotten
It was a look that I've gotten a few times. And it doesn't make you feel comfortable.
borderline either pitch questioned
It was a borderline pitch. I thought it could go either way. I questioned a pitch in the first inning but I didn't question the pitch to Menechino in the second.
bat broken early swing
Early in the game, one swing of the bat could have broken it open, and we'd probably have a different outcome. It didn't happen.
afford time willing
Even those who would be willing to take the time to do it can't. They just can't afford it.
ball extra foul good life steps swings taking
You'd think you were taking good swings off him, but his ball had a little extra life on it, and you'd foul it off. He steps up on the big stage, and he did it today.
benefit expect feels good gratifying hard hopefully run work
I think he feels good about what he did. When you put in the hard work and see the benefit and the rewards, it's gratifying for him. Hopefully he'll get on that run that we expect him to get on.
bullpen catch forward hopefully life next runners saying situation spring takes today until
You can catch him in the bullpen all you want, but until you get into a live situation with runners on base, it takes on a life of its own. It's one of those things we've been saying all spring -- the more you get back there, hopefully the more comfortable you'll be. Today didn't go the way I wanted it to. I look forward to the next one.