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
factor
I think it was a factor for Andy. It started to swell up, ... Unbelievable.
game greatest sequel
I think there's going to be a sequel on it; this is going to be the greatest game ever played,
anybody few five four ground guys swing uniform
Just get the uniform on, come out, take a few ground balls, swing the bat, just like anybody else. I don't, for the first four or five days, look for guys to be going full-bore.
bit came coming crunch incredibly last struggled year
Last year, he was incredibly good, and this year he struggled a little bit early. But when it came to crunch time, he started coming on.
ball hit lane
Lane was the only one to hit the ball hard.
ball breaks bust couple course good hudson keeping league previous seen sinking sure zone
I said it's going to take a couple of breaks and someone's going to have to bust one long. That was the Hudson that I had seen in previous years in the American League with a good sinking fastball. He was keeping the ball down in the zone and just didn't give us much. And sure enough, we got something going. And Lance (Berkman) comes up with a big boom. Then of course Ausmus with a big boom, too.
again call eat
I said, 'You look at it again and you'll see you're wrong,' ... He said, 'I will look at it.' I'll have to call him and tell him he was right. I'll have to eat a little crow.
ball good hits hitting job putting
I wouldn't say he pitched poorly, I'd say that they did a good job of putting the ball in play. They are a good hitting team. They're going to get some hits on you.
aggressive ahead door faces gotten helped offense pitching slammed start
I think it helped that our offense was aggressive from the start and our pitching has just slammed the door in their faces when we've gotten ahead in this series.
effect
I think it had a little effect on him.
appeared ball behind good throwing
It appeared to be long innings, and we appeared to be getting behind guys. But they were throwing the ball in pretty good location.
difficult games rest win year
I think it's going to be difficult because (Clemens) will probably win the rest of the games this year (and) that's going to tighten it up,
ball deserve good guy neat sort
I think it's sort of a neat story that 'Rocket' is going to be the guy to take the ball in the first game. Not only does he deserve it, but I think it's a good story, too.
gives hope
It gives Clemens one more day. I hope it's good.