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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We knew when we lost those two there was going to be some games like this and it was going to take its toll on our bullpen. That's just the situation we're in.
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It doesn't get any easier, but we've played them good all year. We'd love to go in there and knock them out somehow. We couldn't ask for more for what we're trying to do here. We're trying to build something, getting used to playing these type of games for our own experience.
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I'm sure there's been some guys who have been using it for a number of years. Like anything else, some do, some don't. I guess we have see when there's day games after night games.
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It looks better, but I told these young guys certain games that I'm going to get them into, so I'm going to do that, ... I think it's important. ... I think it's fair to them. We're paying them a lot of money -- we may as well get them in there, right?
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There are 10 games left, and he's not ready to go today, ... Or tomorrow. So I can't answer that yet.
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He's a big, tall right-hander. He'll be closing out games one day.
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He's been in a position to win a couple of them. He left with the lead in Anaheim. He's pitched some good games along the way,
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He pitched some good games in August, too, and didn't get a decision. But that's good. That's No. 12, and it was a long time coming.
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I'll give him a few games at third base, but Troy plays a lot. I think there's a point just to keep him sharp out there because you never know what happens, somebody could go down. But he's a DH.
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He's one of those guys that, when he's on, he can shut you down. And the good ones, when they get in jams, they get out of them. A lot of times, that's where games are won and lost, but the good ones rise to the occasion.
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Games like this take their toll on the bullpen,
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You win a couple hundred games because you make pitches at certain times that stop damage. That's just what he did.
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You don't look at results in the minor leagues because I don't think I've ever seen a guy go down there and not get hit around.
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We're going to need them. There are going to be days in the year we are going to have to call on them to do the job and hold the fort so we can try to win a game. They did that today.