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...
banking guys top
Baseball's a gamble. We went for the top two guys out there. We're banking on them. And they're banking on us.
darn played teams top
At the end of a long year, we played two of the top teams pretty darn good.
bottom effective good teams top worry
Top to bottom (of the lineup), we have been pretty effective for the most part. And good teams have that, contribution from everyone ... so you don't have to worry about it too much.
best bring means ready top whatever win
But the top teams, in whatever sport, always bring out the best in you. That means you're usually ready to play, not that you'll win them all.
bottom confident good guys swinging teams top
Our guys have been very confident swinging the bat. From top to bottom we've been pretty effective, and that's what you have to have. All the good teams do.
against beat beginning good perennial teams top
It's the beginning of the year, but your perennial top teams in baseball, if you ever want to get where they're at, you have to beat them. We've got to play good against them.
confident runs score solid top
They know we can score some runs so we're not out of games. They're confident that we have some offence. We're solid top to bottom.
guys top
It's more about the guys on the top of the lineup.
baseball cares good guy notch phases top
I've been around some good baseball people, but he's so good in all phases of the game. You're not going to find a better worker, you're not going to find a guy who cares as much. Sometimes he probably cares too much, but he's just top notch all the way around.
anytime guy job shot top
Ryan's up-and-coming, pretty new to the job himself, but already he's one of the top closers in the game. Anytime you've got a shot at a guy like that, you've got to make that move.
answer games ready
There are 10 games left, and he's not ready to go today, ... Or tomorrow. So I can't answer that yet.
hits platoon
The platoon is still on, he just hits Vazquez good.
developing near win
We think we can win when he pitches, but we're also developing him for the future. You've got to do it sometimes -- and what's the other option? The more he's out there, the better he'll be in the near future.
ahead coming expect spring throw
We kind of had (Janssen) ahead coming out of spring training. Experience-wise they're all pretty similar. You know (Janssen) is going to come up and throw strikes, you expect him too anyway. It's his opportunity.