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...
bullpen came gave hung ourselves
They pitched good. They're bullpen was outstanding. We battled and we hung in there -- gave ourselves some chances. But they came through.
came gave lead took typical
We came back, took the lead and then gave it right back. It's typical of us -- we don't go away,
against bit both closed gap gave last played
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.
extra gave offence pitchers took
We gave them some extra outs and it took our offence a while to get going. But for the most part our pitchers were around the plate.
aside best fans game gave lead maybe nobody win yankee
We gave them out best shot. We had the lead late. Aside from maybe Yankee fans and our own fans, nobody else in the world wanted to see us win that game for the weekend's sake.
came gave hung ourselves
We battled, we hung in there and gave ourselves some chances. They came through.
few game gave guy last runs
In the past, if he gave up a few runs early, sometimes the game would get away from him. But he's been a new guy now for the last few months. He's just getting better and better. He showed that tonight.
guy hit leagues minor results seen
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.
call days fort hold job win year
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.
hot somebody trying win
We're going to give this a go. That's our plan. If somebody is really hot and we're trying to win games, it may come down to that.
difference offence start
What a difference offence makes. That didn't start out too well, down 4-0. If we didn't have offence, we don't come back in that game.
difference offense swinging
What a difference an offense makes. From day one we've been swinging the bats, and that was big. If we don't have the offense we have, we don't come back.
chance key limit mistakes plays routine trying
We're going to make our mistakes this season, but the key will be in trying to limit those. We want to make the routine plays when we have a chance to make them.
filled good moving needs
We're moving in the right direction. We filled some needs and now we need to go out there and see how good we are.