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
feeling good present
When he's well-rested and he's feeling good and the circumstances present themselves, I'll do that.
base easiest filled hit home run runs score stolen team ways
My idea of manufacturing a run is for someone to hit a home runs, that's the easiest way I know of how to manufacture a run, ... You don't always have a team filled with home run hitters. When you don't, you have to score runs in other ways and the stolen base is one of those ways.
good hitting pitching playing
I just feel if we go to 15 over we'll be in pretty good position. We're playing confidently now. At least we're pitching confidently. I don't know if we're hitting as confidently as I'd like.
clearly feels groove maybe mound rocket seemed sticky
Clearly he wasn't the Rocket that we've been seeing, ... He's fine. He feels fine. But I think maybe the sticky part of the mound got to him a little bit. It just seemed he never really got in a groove and never really got comfortable.
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His consistent play, his consistent hitting all year long -- and he's played pretty solid defense. He had a period in there where a couple of balls gave him a little bit of trouble, but he's been playing a pretty solid defense.
card chris winning
Chris Burke is still winning the card game,
chuck continued exactly manage mom
Chuck continued to manage because he said that's exactly what his mom wanted him to do. He said, 'She wanted me to get to the World Series, but she wanted me to see it through,' and he did.
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Can't go there. Good question, but I can't get suckered in. I don't know what's going to happen.
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But his value goes way beyond his contribution on the field. No. 1, he's an extremely intelligent player. He knows how the game is supposed to be played, and he imparts that knowledge to other players.
aware great
Snell pitched a great game. We're aware of what he can do.
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The interesting thing about him is that Dr. Mac, for all of the bravado about wanting to hold the line on dollars, became the first guy to pay a million dollars to somebody (Ryan). ... Fast-forward a couple of years, and people have somehow forgotten that this guy crossed a barrier that hadn't been crossed and treated Nolan great. I don't know all that went on between Nolan and Mac. OK, maybe it's probably not the bright spot, but it certainly shouldn't be how he's remembered.
improved last pitching
Their pitching is much improved over last year,
confidence looks pitching saw throwing
Their pitching is much improved. I think the pitching is why they are where they are. Turnbow's been unbelievable. He's got confidence going now. When I first saw him, I thought he was just throwing. Right now, he looks to me he's throwing with confidence.
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I just thought he was a pitch away from getting out of it.