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
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He's certainly a plus defensive player, and if he ends up showing he can swing the bat ... and he gets his foot in the door, it might be one of those situations where you can't get him out.
base hits
We haven't come up with a lot of base hits like that, that I can recall.
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We are Houston fans, ... and since I've played there, we've lived there. For us it's long-suffering. Forty-four years of getting close and not getting to the big dance has been a little bit frustrating, so this is a wonderful accomplishment for our city, for our organization, everybody who's been involved with it.
takes
We'll get that straightened out. Sometimes it takes us a while to get them on track, but we'll get them on track.
moves
We'll make the moves we always make. We'll pinch-hit, we'll double-switch, we'll defensively make moves.
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You learn a piece of it basically from everybody that you play for. I would hope that my managerial style is a great deal like Chuck. He's my mentor.
aggressive seem strike
We didn't seem aggressive in the strike zone.
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.
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We've struggled so much in getting the runner in from third with less than two outs, so it obviously felt good doing that. I think it took the pressure off everybody. Might have led to the three-run homer, too.
bit contend expect last pennant team
We're a team in a little bit of a transition. But I still expect us to contend. And I didn't even expect us to contend for the pennant last year.
expects front mantra owner team
We're a team and an organization that expects to win. That's the mantra from our owner and, I think, from our front office, too.
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We have to play that last out, and we couldn't get the last out. It's one of the things that makes our game great. As Yogi (Berra) would say, 'It's not over till it's over' and it certainly wasn't over.