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
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We're not in the best of situations, obviously, but we feel pretty good. We've got a history of being able to do it. We're coming back to our ballpark where we played pretty well. But bottom line is we need to step up and do it.
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We had a chance to win the ballgame when we had the top of our lineup up, but couldn't, ... We had every chance to win but failed to put the ball in play. Jason Lane was the only one to hit the ball hard.
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I don't think he was as sharp as he's going to be, but for pitching against a team that hits the ball well, he battled through it. He did a good job of changing things.
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you figure out a way to come out and try to win a ball game.
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We just had a lot of Dontrelle Willis tonight, more than I'd care to see, ... Brandon (Backe) threw the ball well. He had a lot of good pitches and only a few mistakes. That was a decent job against a team that is really swinging the bat well.
balls three
We had three balls that should have been caught,
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Both will get on track. Even though Brad has given up the lead and blown a couple of saves, I think he's throwing the ball pretty well. When he gets his location where he wants it to be, he's going to be fine.
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I didn't want to get in position where if you have another extra-inning ballgame you just don't have anybody to use.
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I'd like to see our offense pick it up, ... You're not going to always hit .300 with guys on, and you're not going to hit the ball out of the ballpark a lot of times, but we can be better at some of the little things right now. That's what concerns me more.
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I don't know what would have happened, ... but clearly, the ball hit the bat.
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I would say he threw pretty good. He's probably a little bit rusty, but still threw pretty good. The first couple innings he was sharp. With the exception of a couple home runs, I thought he threw the ball pretty good. It was basically his first outing of the spring.
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I think we want to take it down to the wire. That's the way we've been playing it, so that's what we're going to do. We've just got to buckle down and play good ball now. We're still in control of our destiny.
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I think it's sort of a neat story that 'Rocket' is going to be the guy to take the ball in the first game. Not only does he deserve it, but I think it's a good story, too.
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That was a great at-bat. You never know if that has anything to do with the next guy, but when a guy makes a bunch of pitches on you, and he nubs the ball to shortstop and he beats it out, I think it takes something out of you. You've got to applaud Willy for hanging tough in that at-bat.