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
ball ballpark concerns guys hit offense pick
I'd like to see our offense pick it up, ... You're not going to always hit .300 with guys on, and you're not going to hit the ball out of the ballpark a lot of times, but we can be better at some of the little things right now. That's what concerns me more.
front game good
I'd like to put on a better show. It's embarrassing to play like this in front of our hometown. It was just not a good game for us tonight.
chance good last memory obviously switch
Obviously my last memory was not a good one. We'd like to have a chance to switch that around.
believe good guys leads maybe nobody players pressure projected respond smart surprise
Nobody would've projected him to be as good as he's been. It also leads you to believe that as smart as we are sometimes, maybe it's better sometimes to let players play just to see. Sometimes guys surprise you. Sometimes you misread a player, you just don't know how he's going to respond under pressure situations.
stuck top
No, ... He snow-coned it. Stuck to the top of his glove.
afternoon everybody nice softball sunday
Nice Sunday afternoon softball game, where everybody got to play.
blessed certainly few flexible guys jeff nice past picking pieces wilson
One of the nice things about picking up Preston Wilson is if it were to be that Jeff is not going to be there, then we certainly have depth, and that's one of the plusses. We have pieces that can move, and we've been blessed in this organization over the past few years of having guys that are flexible and can play different positions. We have catchers that can play first base, so we're OK.
andy lost seven
Lost in all that was Andy pitched seven shutout innings.
best good great last shows year
Last year shows really how good he is. I wouldn't say he was at his best physically, and he had a great year.
drive good needed runs win
(Sheets) was good but we have to win these games. We just didn't drive in the runs when we needed them.
bases break fought love nobody seeing seem teams trouble
Most teams love seeing the bases loaded, nobody out. We seem to have a little trouble with it. We fought in the game, though. We had other opportunities, perhaps, to do some things. We just couldn't break through.
everybody good playing plays respect somebody spring stays training until wait
Obviously, when you have depth, it's good in one respect for the team, but it's difficult, because if everybody stays healthy, somebody doesn't get much playing time. We'll have to wait until we get to spring training to see how that plays out.
bat continues good nice spring swing training
Munson had a nice spring training. If he continues to swing the bat like he's been doing in spring training and give us a threat, then that's a good thing.
against bat elevate guy head means throws
My bat head was there, which means I can get to the pitch. But against a guy who throws that hard, you need to get your bat down because you can't elevate the pitch.