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
I like our position. But we still have to play the games.
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I like him. I think he's going to be a real good pitcher. He's pitched two real good games against us.
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The guy throws 95 pitches and pitches a complete ballgame, so we didn't put too many balls in play.
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A high payroll guarantees you wins. It doesn't guarantee you championships. If you let me spend $100 million or more every year, I guarantee you I'll play over .500.
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You want to get everybody in on the party and make everybody feel good. Today was one of those days when people other than our big names put some numbers on the board for us. You've got to have days like that.
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You've got to hit it to left field. If he hit the ball the other way, it probably wouldn't go. If you get it in that left-field lane, then it'll go.
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All you can say is that I'm not doing a very good of maintaining multiple-run leads.
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The umpire said he went to his mouth. It was a bad call. It was a mistaken call. It's unfortunate that the game, in my opinion, turned on that. You don't know what's going to happen, but it takes it out of the players hands. He did not go to his mouth. He was sweating profusely on his face. He wiped his eyebrow (and came) across his nose and caught it on his face. It was a bad call, plain and simple.
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These guys are tough, I'm telling you. I don't recall any easy games against them. But we'll take it because it was important.
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And as a matter of fact, ... I'll be delighted when they close the roof here tonight. It will be much more comfortable for everybody.
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And a lot of people didn't realize he was the first to break the $1 million barrier in salary with Nolan (in the previous contract), ... As far as the players were concerned, we thought he was fantastic. He was tough but he was always fair and this was a first-class organization when he was here.
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The look that you saw in his face was total resolve, ... I don't think it was a matter of how long it was going to take, he was going to do whatever it took and I don't think I could have gotten the ball out of his hand anyway, and it was his game.
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You could call it that. I hope nobody knows about him for a while. If nobody pays attention, you can quietly go about doing your job.
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The man's amazing. He keeps on keeping on, doesn't he? Isn't he something?