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...
describe hard ok pitching
It's hard to describe his outing. He was pitching OK in spots,
best keeps pitching stronger time
We'll look at it and see who is pitching the best when that time comes. The thing that he does is give us flexibility. If he's in the bullpen, he makes us that much stronger down there. But if he keeps doing what he's doing ...
certain five last nice night pitching playing runs teams
When you're playing certain teams in the league, you know you've got to score. We scored five last night and then five in one inning tonight. You know you have to do that, and the pitching did a nice job. But, yeah, the add-on runs are key.
breathing couple last pitching room
Our pitching (staff), we haven't had a whole lot of breathing room out there. The last couple of weeks, every pitch is meaningful.
approach ask bats couple days extra face pitching spring training year
There were days in spring training when I would approach him after he got a couple of at bats and ask him if he had had enough. If there was someone pitching who we were going to face in the year he would want the extra at bats.
feels frustrates good leader pitching played team
As good as the team has played he feels if he's around we're that much better. That frustrates him, he's the leader of the pitching staff.
looked pitching team time
We looked like a team tonight. It's the first time we have had our whole lineup out there and, yeah, the pitching was solid.
behind beyond good pitching threw
He was dynamite, he had it all. His fastball, he threw a good breaking-ball, then his change-up. He threw from behind in the count. He's pitching beyond his age, that's for sure.
entire game guy job knew nice pitch pitching stepped
He's really stepped in and done a nice job for us. The guy can pitch and we knew that. Our pitching the entire game was outstanding.
carried lose offence pitching together win
You win together you lose together ... That offence has carried this pitching many times this year.
figure good guys longer pitching stuff
The longer you're around, guys see you enough, you figure some guys out. They've got good arms, they've got the stuff to get guys out regardless. It's all about locating and pitching ahead.
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.
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.