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
eighth friday good
Wheeler will get the eighth inning on Friday if it's called for, ... He's been good for us.
biggest game gotten keeps might momentum turning
Wheeler might have gotten the biggest strikeout of the game on Bay. And Gallo keeps the momentum from turning on their side.
We are not going to take anything for granted.
good roy running
When you're running Roy out there, ... you've got to feel pretty good about your chances.
bit
We'll see if it works. Let's do something a little bit different.
difficult evaluate feels given
We'll see how he feels tomorrow. It's all part of the process. It's difficult to evaluate him on any one given day.
difficult leeway pick pitch plate throw
We didn't have much leeway to run. When they're 1.2 (seconds) to the plate and with Molina, that's difficult to run. You have to pick a pitch to do it on, and he didn't throw many curveballs.
difficult leeway pick pitch plate throw
We didn't have much leeway to run, ... When they're 1.2 (seconds) to the plate and with Molina, that's difficult to run. You have to pick a pitch to do it on, and he didn't throw many curveballs.
pitching
Our pitching has been good. You can't say that enough.
ball looking strike
They put the ball in play. You have to give them credit. They didn't strike out. That's what I was looking for.
against champions deserve played year
They played well all year long. They played well against us. They deserve to be world champions this year.
according bottom kids league learned offensive ranked several veterans
The young kids haven't learned how to do it. They pitched around several of our veterans (last year) to get to the young kids. According to my statistical analysis, we were ranked at the bottom of the league in most all offensive categories.
baseball fans gotten hard houston reason suffered
They have labored long and hard and suffered so much, ... They are the reason fans in Houston have gotten into baseball so much.
ball ballpark club easy face guys high hit
They have guys that can get on base, they have guys that can hit the ball out of the ballpark and hit for a high average. So they are not an easy club to have to face and they are not an easy club to defend.