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
ball continues locate looked throwing
He's looked very good, he's throwing the ball very well. If he continues to locate his pitches, he's going to be a factor.
came defensive himself hits needed
He's an exceptional defensive player, and then he came up with some big hits when we needed them. He made himself very valuable.
break came felt fought good hard hit lights orlando point seemed until
Gallo's been lights out, he's been good. We fought hard in the game. We seemed to have some other opportunities. ... We just couldn't break through until Orlando came up with the big hit for us. Normally, when we got to that point of the game, it's pretty solid. I felt pretty good at that point.
enjoys fine move office perfectly political running time
I don't think he's going to be running for political office any time soon. He just enjoys pitching. If he could just move all this into his hometown, I think he'd be perfectly fine with that.
exactly injured respect
I don't see (the injured players) as a disadvantage (for the Cardinals). It may not be exactly as they would like to have it, but I can't tell you how much we respect their team.
along becoming bit chance fail gotten letting luxury might platoon player seem stretch type
I don't see him as a platoon player by any stretch of the imagination, and in other circumstances, he might have gotten a chance to play every day, and you would have seem more of this type of player every day. We just didn't have the luxury of letting him fail a little bit along the way to becoming the player that he is.
appreciate good people recognize
I appreciate when people recognize that you're doing a good job,
asked
I asked for him to get some help. But we didn't get any help.
amount anybody bit certain dead fault looks matter people proving role truth underdog
I feel a little bit more comfortable in the underdog world. I don't know how I feel in the dead role too much. There is a certain amount of satisfaction in proving people wrong. But the truth of the matter is, we did look dead. You can't fault anybody for writing what looks to be the truth.
good guys job laid last learning needed process somewhat start walk
I don't think these are guys that you walk in and say, 'Hey, you need to start doing this now.' He needed to be somewhat laid back. He did a good job in the learning process last year.
baseman expected happen hard throw throwing until ways
He's not really had to make a throw, we've only had one throw from a first baseman all spring. While he's probably throwing about what I expected right now, he's still got a ways to go. He hasn't had to make a throw to second, hasn't had to make a quick, hard throw and we don't know what's going to happen until that happens.
drive hard hit seems shut somebody stupid
How stupid can it get? You just keep getting shut out. It's just stupid. It's hard to get shut out in today's game. It just seems like somebody 's going to get a hit to drive in a run.
champion true
He showed what a true champion he was today.
champion true
He showed what a true champion he is.