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...
basically bunt plays
You have to do that early. There are some new faces. Cutoffs, relays and bunt plays are basically the same everywhere, but there are some variations.
compete expect saying talk year
We expect to compete all year long. In saying that, we haven't done anything yet. Talk is cheap.
bounce game second
We'll bounce back (today). It's the second game of the year.
chance incentive influence outcome ready
We'll be ready to play. We've got a chance to influence the outcome of this thing. That's enough incentive right there.
cubs debut file litter mean national near november nowhere people popularity year zoo
Well, I'll tell you, about a year ago in November the National Zoo had its first litter of cheetah cubs born. And when we had them debut, the very first day, we had over about 2,500 people file through just for them. And I don't mean to make it a popularity contest, but they were nowhere near as popular before their debut as this panda cub.
guys
Those guys have been doing that all year.
boston bring field keeping messing pitch pitches suppose threw throw track
I suppose we could bring him back and let him pitch in Boston (next week) but he only threw 32 pitches the other day (against Triple-A Syracuse) and I don't think he'll throw a whole lot more (Thursday). I like keeping him on track to pitch on the 16th (at U.S. Cellular Field in Chicago) without messing it up.
came
It all came down to that big inning.
good hit home runs start swinging
It didn't start out good, that's for sure. We've been swinging good and we like our offence. When you can hit some home runs it makes a difference.
bases clears couple nice nixon
I thought he had another one. Nixon made a nice play over his shoulder. Couple more feet, he at least clears the bases with a double.
produce successful
We need him. He's a big part of this team, if we're going to be successful he's got to produce this year.
against certain expect mcdonald might particular reed year
We could go with Reed if he's in a particular lineup. We might have McDonald in there against certain lefties. There's some flexibility there. I expect Russ to be even better there this year after getting the first year under his belt.
ahead move survived tough
We survived it, we move on. There's more tough ones ahead of us.
league productive prove record timing tough track turn year
What we want him to do is get up there and turn it lose, ... He has a track record to prove he's a productive big league hitter. It's been a tough year for him. I think his timing is back.