Phil Garner
Phil Garner
Philip Mason Garneris an American former baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as an infielder with the Oakland Athletics, Pittsburgh Pirates, Houston Astros, Los Angeles Dodgers and San Francisco Giants from 1973 to 1988. He was manager of the Astros from July 14, 2004 to August 27, 2007, leading Houston to a World Series appearance in 2005...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth30 April 1949
CityJefferson City, TN
bases biggest hate love seeing seems teams tells trouble
That tells the story. That seems to be our biggest problem. You hate seeing the bases loaded. Most teams love seeing the bases loaded. We seem to have a little trouble with it.
bases biggest hate loaded love nobody seeing seems teams tells trouble
That tells the story. That seems to be our biggest problem. We hate seeing the bases loaded. Most teams love seeing the bases loaded with nobody out. We seem to have a little trouble with it.
playing younger
That's not bad. For a younger kid, I would usually have them in the 30s right now and they would end up with 55 at-bats or so. I could end up getting him there playing him more than I really want to, but he's getting there.
basically definitely mitt saw strike within zone
Definitely saw him more in the strike zone. I saw him down in the strike zone more and then saw him go up (in the zone) when he wanted to go up. That's what you wanted to see. You want to see him within basically the mitt most of the time.
schedule
I've long said the schedule is the most favorable,
brad catch maybe wear
I wanted to get him in, but I would like to have him maybe catch one guy, and that way when we get into these long stretches I won't wear Brad (Ausmus ) out.
bit felt good led might morgan pressure took
So that felt good when he did that, obviously. I think that took a little bit of pressure off everybody. It made Morgan feel a little better. Of course, it might have led to the three-run homer. Who knows?
believe needed offense picks pitching tonight win
Sometimes your offense picks up your pitching, and I do believe that our pitching will pick up our offense more often than it will let us down. Tonight we needed the offense and we had the offense. A win is a win.
beat bit guy happens
Sometimes, I like to see a guy get beat up a little bit and see how he reacts. I like to see what a guy does when that happens - 'cause you're going to get it every now and then.
puts roy
Roy is not a promoter. He's very laid-back. That's not a show he puts on.
fast roy sets throws works
Roy comes out, throws strikes, works at a fast pace. That sets the tempo.
That's not typical. That's about the most you'll get out of Roy.
ball brad hit knows mistake next walking
The mistake we make is walking Edmonds. You have to let Edmonds hit the ball in the next count. You can't walk him, and Brad knows that.
case craig created good leading mind situations turn
The misfortunes created by some situations can turn out to be pretty good for you, and in this case Craig leading off is a good situation. I don't mind having to do that at all.