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
bat confidence help lamb lift longer morgan plus power quite saying seen starting step stretch swing time
I've been saying for quite some time now that Lamb is going to have to be a big plus for us down this stretch drive, and he is starting to swing the bat like we've seen in the past. It was a big lift tonight. We don't know how much longer Morgan is going to be out, but if he (Lamb) can step up and swing with power like we know he can, I think that will help everybody's confidence a little bit.
ok starts worry
The whole thing is OK. It's OK with the team. We don't have to worry about what he does in between starts because we know he does his work. It's evidenced by the way he pitches.
good pitches threw
They actually threw some pitches that were pretty good pitches. We just didn't get 'em.
business challenged gave great
The way he went about his business gave us great confidence. He went after them, he challenged them.
andy bit velocity
Andy pitched very well. He's actually pitched with more velocity than he had tonight, and a little bit better control, but he's pitched well the whole year.
builds certain fans hump suffering trying
There's something to be said for organizations that get here often; it builds a certain mystique. In our case, we thought we were getting over the hump once, but 20 years later, here we are still trying to get over that hump. We've had some suffering fans for 44 years.
fighting work
There's something to be said for getting there and not winning. It does have a sense that you're not finished, that there's work undone, that there's still something you're fighting for.
bridges gives goes great kept points several standpoint time
There's several great points from our standpoint in that game. It was Backe's first time back, and he kept us in the ballgame. And Wandy Rodriguez, who has been a starter, he goes out and gives us one inning and kind of bridges our bullpen.
evaluate gives good
We are going to evaluate him. He may be back a day or two after that as a pinch-hitter. He still gives you good at-bats.
both fine
Both of them pitched well. Both of them did a fine job.
ball blown both brad couple gets given lead location though throwing wants
Both will get on track. Even though Brad has given up the lead and blown a couple of saves, I think he's throwing the ball pretty well. When he gets his location where he wants it to be, he's going to be fine.
brad fantastic good notice
Brad had a fantastic year. He was just outstanding. When you don't notice the catcher, that's when he's having a good year. He didn't let anything get by him.
absolutely control dominated large stepped took
Boy, he just stepped up large for us and just took control of the ballgame, just absolutely dominated the game.
best fans goal includes losers though winners
Even though we didn't get the one big goal that we wanted, there are no losers here. We are all winners ? and that includes the best fans in America.