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
change gorilla question talk wants worried
No question it's like the 600-pound gorilla in the room. No one wants to talk about it. ... I'll be worried if it's still this way after two months. I'll be worried after one month, but we're not going to change anything. We've got established players. We'll be all right.
chance question send sent upset
No question about it, he's got to send him. I'd been upset if he hadn't sent him. If the throw's off at all, he's got a chance to be safe.
chance question send sent upset
No question about it, he's got to send him, ... I'd been upset if he hadn't sent him. If the throw's off at all, he's got a chance to be safe.
farther four hit home maybe outcome pitch spot stupid throw wait
After you see that he hit a three-run home run, that's what I'm saying. When you see the outcome of what happened, you say, 'Well, maybe we should've put up four (fingers),' ... I would be stupid to say, 'All right, wait a minute, let me back this up and see if I can't throw a pitch in a little better spot than that and see how much farther he can hit it.'
comfort disregard
a disregard for the comfort of our fans.
andy blessed certainly considered deserves
Actually, we're blessed to have two No. 1 starters. Even before I got here, I always considered Andy Pettitte particularly special. Certainly he deserves it, too.
So, you've got to do things, in my opinion, that way, so most of it's calculated.
fair far players tough
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.
bruise calf inner knee next ok size spread
The bruise is diffused somewhat, so he doesn't have a big (welt) the size of a watermelon on his knee now. It's spread up his calf and inner thigh a little bit. He's sore, but he's just fine. I feel 100% that he will be OK to make his next start.
cared
A whole lot of Dontrelle Willis tonight. A little more than I cared to see.
bunch hits question somebody
That was a big blow. No question that when you're not bunching a bunch of hits together, then you need somebody to come through for you big.
bunch hits question somebody
That was a big blow, ... No question that when you're not bunching a bunch of hits together, then you need somebody to come through for you big.
baggy came hung physically roy tough win
That was a big ballgame. Roy (Oswalt) hung tough for us, and Baggy came up real big. Emotionally and physically to give us a win like that, that was really good.
darn deal gonna gotta nervous sure
That's what you gotta deal with, 'cause they're darn sure gonna be nervous when we get into the playoffs. So you gotta be able to (throw strikes) when you're nervous.