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...
figures throwing tough watch
Cabrera, when he's throwing strikes, he's as tough as anybody. When he figures it out, watch out.
argue stack
Can't argue those two. But I think we stack right up there with those guys.
learn
But he'll learn from that and some day he'll look back at this and laugh.
argument attention good paying seen
But if you've been paying attention and seen what he has done, he has got a pretty good argument on his side.
beckett settled throws
Beckett settled in, and can really overpower you when he throws strikes.
allowed changed gold hill lose might mind move saw second time
Any time you lose a Gold Glove, that's a hit. But that allowed us to make that trade. We saw Hill play enough second base, and he was good. If we had any doubts, that might have changed our mind about making a move or not.
deserves good ski
Ski had a very good spring. He deserves this.
definitely fold game good stage wild
At this stage of the game we've got come out of it over .500, no question, ... Boston's rolling, the Yanks aren't going to fold and the wild card's all bunched up. We definitely need a good trip.
ask chance run time
Every time you run them out there, you have a chance to win. That's all you can ask for.
cost couple fresh good injuries last needed playing stage time valuable
The last couple years, the injuries were costly for him, and they set him back and cost him valuable playing time at that stage of his development. It's a good opportunity. He needed a fresh start.
defense good
Their infield defense is as good as anybody's in baseball.
days few goes good improve season throughout
The few days I've seen, I've got a pretty good idea of how he's going to be. I think he's going to be solid. I think he's going to improve throughout the year. As the season goes on, he's going to get better and more comfortable out there.
figure game guys pitches takes
I just told him that it's still the same game. You make your pitches you get guys out. You don't and they get you. It's still the same game of baseball. Sometimes it takes a while to figure that out.
few games plays point sharp somebody third
I'll give him a few games at third base, but Troy plays a lot. I think there's a point just to keep him sharp out there because you never know what happens, somebody could go down. But he's a DH.