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...
games good guys rise shut won
He's one of those guys that, when he's on, he can shut you down. And the good ones, when they get in jams, they get out of them. A lot of times, that's where games are won and lost, but the good ones rise to the occasion.
conscious effort field gifted last primarily pull pulling using year
He's using the whole field. Last year he was primarily pull -- when he did things he was pulling the ball. He made a conscious effort to go back to using the whole field like he did when he first got here. He's a natural. He's a gifted athlete.
guys league saves tougher type
He's up there in appearances in the league and he may have had more tougher type saves than other guys out there, more than one inning saves,
couple due guys held number remember saves tougher type
He's up there in appearances, and he may have had tougher type saves than a lot of guys out there. He's had more than just the one-inning saves. Just a couple times, we've held him out due to number of appearances in a row. Do you guys remember any of those?
everybody guy knows logical team
He's the logical guy -- that's the way our team is set up, anyway. He knows that. Everybody knows that.
guys proven
He's a proven winner, some years some guys just get that.
guy
He's a new guy now, he's getting better and better, he showed that tonight.
games toll
Games like this take their toll on the bullpen,
command
His command is there. That is a big thing of his and he has it early.
ball curve
His curve ball was missing, ... but he still pitched well.
baseman instincts shot third tough
His instincts told him he had a shot at him. It's a tough play when the third baseman is on the move.
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.