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
deep stew
I would have said, we're in a lot of deep stew here.
liked won
I would have liked to have won it before the 12th. But I'll take it.
bruise guess half knee next ok percent somewhat sort
I guess I could say the bruise is sort of diffused somewhat so he doesn't have a half sized watermelon on his knee now. I feel 100 percent that he will be OK to make his next start.
control game happy lead row turned won
If we had won 10 in a row to get a one-game lead right now, I'd be happy as all get-out. No, I don't like the way that game turned out, but we still control our destiny.
affect applaud locate reason
I applaud him for going through it, but I think it probably had a little affect on him during the game, ... And that's one reason he didn't locate as well as he has been recently.
applaud effect
I applaud him for getting through it, ... But I think it probably had a little effect on him.
looked tonight
But we bounced back tonight and looked great.
control guy hit hour hurt last lights miles power throw throwing year
But when a guy can throw 97 miles an hour like he was last year and he's throwing it right to the corners, and he's got a power slider, that's going to hurt you. You can't hit that guy. That's why he was lights out last year. His control has not been there this year.
against bottom good job line pitching
But the bottom line is they did a pretty good job of pitching against us.
last life took turn worse
Burke was able to play today, ... But he took a turn for the worse severely last night. And he's on life support.
chris couple generate offence past triple trying whatever
Chris got more big hits. That triple was an icebreaker. We've been trying to find some way to generate offence the past couple of weeks, done whatever we can.
chris couple generate offence past triple trying whatever
Chris got more big hits. That triple was an icebreaker, ... We've been trying to find some way to generate offence the past couple of weeks, done whatever we can.
business usual
So it's business as usual in the clubhouse.
drive good needed runs win
(Sheets) was good but we have to win these games. We just didn't drive in the runs when we needed them.