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...
ahead ball bring found game good groove hit kept missing pitch pitches throwing
He's got to pitch ahead to be effective. He was throwing some pitches and he wasn't missing by much if he was missing. When he had to bring it over the plate, they hit him. Then after that, he kind of found his groove and pitched a good ball game and kept us in it from there on.
catch stay
He'll stay down here and catch in extended.
behind bit intimidate run stronger
He makes us that much stronger behind the plate. He can intimidate you a little bit with his arm. You can't just run at will when you're in that opposing dugout.
ball bounce business character handle seem separates stretch tough
We're on a tough little stretch right now, no question. But we always seem to bounce back, that's the character of the ball club. In this business you take your lumps sometimes, it's just how you handle it that separates you.
figures good guy hit throws watch
When he throws strikes, he's as good as anybody. When he figures it out, watch out. He was on. Nobody's going to hit that guy today.
keeps picked plate
When he's on, he keeps you off-balance. He picked the plate apart.
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.
heard
Haven't heard one of those in a while.
pitch rather tight
Gus battled through it. I think he'd rather pitch in a tight game. He doesn't like the comfortable lead.
closing games tall
He's a big, tall right-hander. He'll be closing out games one day.
future good iron question
He's a big part of the future here. There's no question about that. He'll iron it out. He's too good not to.
lose win
He's a big part of our team. We win together, we lose together. Yes, he's still the closer.
afraid man speak
He's a big man and he's not afraid to speak up.