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...
figure good guys longer pitching stuff
The longer you're around, guys see you enough, you figure some guys out. They've got good arms, they've got the stuff to get guys out regardless. It's all about locating and pitching ahead.
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.
change life-changing darkness-within
If you don't change direction, you end up where you are headed.
dog tired eye
... We have seen dog-tired Members of Congress marching lockstep ahead with their eyes fixed only on the end of the 100 Days of the 1995 Republican 'Contract with America' reform efforts. Many of the changes wrought by the House were passed without the benefit of a single hearing, or at best with a minimal legislative record. Is this what Jefferson and Madison had in mind?
two different management
There are two differing approaches and they have different virtues, the method of talent management and recruitment.
party priorities political
The United States is in the midst of many spirited political debates about national priorities and public spending... However, we have found that science is an area where both political parties can find common ground, and in which political change does not necessarily create discontinuities.
guys help
All I know about my guys out there is they get after it. They don't quit. There's something to be said for that. In the long run, that's going to help us out.
calm couple course last problem
All indications from the MRI are that it's nothing serious. You've got to let it calm down. He had that tendon problem last September, and of course it healed. It just flared up on him. ... In about a couple weeks, it'll calm down. So it's nothing major.
ball balls front hit hits home hooking kept last left remember run saw time
The home run he hit, when hits balls to the left side, he's usually out in front and hooking them into the stands, but he kept that one fair. I can't remember the last time I saw him hit a ball like that down the line.
disrupt focus
The focus is always on this division. We can disrupt some things.
days fight mother optimism ready
You can't fight Mother Nature. We had so much optimism just 10 days ago but, if the body's not ready ...
guys pencil season
You can pencil those guys in, when the season starts, for 130 RBIs apiece. That's a given. They don't miss. That's why they're MVP candidates.
guys pencil season
You can pencil those guys in, when the season starts, for 130 RBIs apiece, ... That's a given. They don't miss. That's why they're MVP candidates.
bats key since swinging
The key is we're really swinging the bats well. We have been since Day 1.