John Gibbons
John Gibbons
John Michael Gibbonsis an American former professional baseball player and the current manager of the Toronto Blue Jays of Major League Baseball. Gibbons briefly played in the Major Leagues as a catcher with the New York Mets, in the mid-1980s...
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It got away and it got away quick. If those (homers) are base hits or even doubles it might be a different story.
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It has been a long year but I look back at it more with a sense of satisfaction and optimism. I think we've learned a lot and we're ready to move forward.
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I think that's common knowledge. Maybe not, but it's going to be soon. Great experience -- they love to work and everybody gets along. You'll run into some staffs where everybody doesn't see eye-to-eye and there's a little separation. With this group, everybody has a good time together and we're not afraid to disagree.
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I think they all know the expectations. The last few years that I've been here, you came in just hoping you would improve on the previous year. ... This year, we made some key additions, and you add that to what we did last year, and there's some optimism.
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Going outside our area to play good teams is something we like doing, whether it's from the other end of Ohio or out of state.
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He's always going to give up hits, he's aggressive in the strike zone.
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He's got one of the best arms in baseball. On any given night, he can shut out. I just think he'll fit in perfect.
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He's got a valid argument for winning that thing. Very few rookies throw 200 innings,
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He's been swinging the bat good. He started the season with us because he had such a big Spring Training. We like the kid a lot, and we think he's going to have a good big league career. We're going to give him some playing time this month, and he's taking advantage of it.
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He's been steady for us the last couple of years,
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He's doing everything everyone wanted him to do. He's been doing a great job.
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He should be strongly considered, 13 wins, 200-plus innings. I'd vote for him.
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He's got to get to know everybody. We tell guys to catch the guys they don't know, but especially him.
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He's got to be able to move laterally.