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...
break facing
We just want to break it up for them a little bit. Get them out there facing some competition. It revs things up a little bit.
breaking bush definitely good hard needed
Bush was outstanding tonight. He had a good breaking ball. He had that hard crisp one. We definitely needed that, no question.
break caught force run second
One run wasn't going to do it, anyway. We caught a break on the force at second and they got one there. It's a wash.
break
It was the break we needed, put it that way,
bit breaks face gets guys hitters mound seeing swinging
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.
ahead ball breaking fastball throwing tough
He's become a better pitcher. He's throwing more strikes. He's got a better feel for that breaking ball now, and he's locating his fastball better. He's ahead more and he's been real tough on right-handers.
ball breaking gets hard tough
He can overpower you. He's got that big, hard breaking ball that's tough to do anything with when he gets ahead.
ball breaking good looked lost strike
He looked really good the first inning, he was getting his breaking ball over. Then he kind of lost his feel for the strike zone.
ball breaking settled
He settled in with that breaking ball (after the first inning) and we couldn't do much with it.
breaking command focus hitting lose move pitches start
The first start of the year, there's a lot of focus on him. He wasn't hitting with his breaking ball. His command was off. That was all. He was in and out. He'd move the pitches and then he'd lose it. But he was OK.
offence
We've been swinging. We like the way our offence is built.
bats offense swinging
We've been swinging the bats pretty well. I really like how our offense is built.
months
We were raving about him two months ago.
balls benefit guys hard hit
We hit some balls hard right at guys today. That's baseball, we also benefit from that, too.