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...
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It was a little bit of a sloppy game tonight. We'll bounce back tomorrow. Errors are part of the game.
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It was a little bit of a sloppy game.
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Last year, we played well against both those teams, and that gave us confidence. Now, I think we closed the gap a little bit more.
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Obviously, it's a great thing to honor your country and to get that type of experience on such a big stage, but we're a little bit selfish in wanting those guys back as soon as possible. With so many new faces in camp this year, ideally you'd like to have all of them around as much as possible to establish chemistry and continuity in your lineup. But it's a great experience for Vernon, who's getting the most playing time of anyone.
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They were raving about him two months ago. I think he's done a nice job for us. It's magnified at the end because he's struggled a little bit of late.
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We are hoping it's not. Even if it's not something serious, it's going to set him back a little bit anyways.
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The more we saw him out there, we figured, 'It's time to put him in there.' And we may have held on to him a little bit long, not playing against lefties early. ... Russ? He just keeps getting better and better.
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It breaks it up a little bit -- gets them out there to face some competition. It gets the guys on the mound seeing hitters that are swinging and working on making some pitches. It revs things up a little bit.
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We make sure we're not pushing guys too fast, too early. And then, as we get about a week or 10 days away (from the regular season), we'll push it a little bit harder.
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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.
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I just think it's his timing. He's off-balance a little bit more -- and he's getting caught out front a little bit more. But he's always hit. He's going to hit. It's just one of those things.
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He's struggling out of the gate, he's a better pitcher than that, he'll bounce back. His location is a little bit off.
offence
We've been swinging. We like the way our offence is built.
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We've been swinging the bats pretty well. I really like how our offense is built.