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
believe testing
I do believe the testing has been effective.
again expect talked yesterday
I do have some reservations about it. I talked to Willy yesterday about it, and I told him it was only a yesterday thing, and here I am doing the same thing again today. I know he's disappointed, and I would expect him to be disappointed.
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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.
against easy games guys recall telling
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.
call hope knows nobody pays quietly
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.
keeping keeps
The man's amazing. He keeps on keeping on, doesn't he? Isn't he something?
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If he hits a ball hard, you can get him out. If he hits it soft, he'll beat it out every time. He has an incredible burst the last 15 feet or so. There have been six or seven times this season when an umpire will anticipate a little bit and call him out and then realize that he was safe. I got thrown out of a game or two because I got tired of seeing that. I don't know if he's going to win the rookie of the year or not, but there is no doubt he's an exciting player.
wants
If he wants to do that, I think he could.
felt ok
I felt that he would be OK (in that situation),
days debated good playing time today
I debated about playing him today because he had two days off. He'll hit, but it's a good time to have a day. He'll get going with the bat here soon, and I'll want to play him every day.
draw hope team
I'd hope the team would draw on his strength,
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I'd hoped they would try to be cautious with him and maybe throw something up there and make a mistake and let him hit the ball. They took the bat out of his hands, which I hoped they wouldn't do.
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The guy throws 95 pitches and pitches a complete ballgame, so we didn't put too many balls in play.
guarantees high million payroll spend
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.