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
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.
anybody man might prepared rocket seen thrown whatever
Rocket might have thrown 10, 20 innings. I think he was prepared to do whatever it took. And that's the way the man is. I've never seen anybody like him. He's amazing.
guys prepared whatever worked
Hopefully, that will get worked out and whatever happens, we'll be prepared to go with it. I don't think it's going to have anything to do with how guys are going to go about their business.
next time whatever
I told him to take whatever time he needed, to come back when he's ready, ... That may be tomorrow, that may be the next day or the next day after that.
next spoke time tomorrow whatever
I spoke with (Everett) and things are going well. I told him to take whatever time he needs. And that could be tomorrow or the next day or the next.
came couple learned pitch took wants watched whatever
I came to a couple of the games, watched him pitch and he pitched great. I took over (as manager) and he pitched great. I learned that whatever it is he wants to do, he's going to do it.
ball face gotten hand matter saw took total whatever
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.
break giving good pitchers score
We have to break out. We have to score some runs. Our pitchers have been giving us good enough games. We have to buckle down.
type
When you play these type of games, they're going to be close. That's why you've got to know what you're doing and execute. We didn't execute.
crucial giving goes months pitch tend three
When you have 7, 8 and 9-inning guys, you tend to pitch them in such crucial points, ... When they give up a run, it usually hurts, but you can't go three months without giving up a run. Wheeler goes big stretches without giving up anything.
absolute change difficult faith field losing people personnel requires turn
When you go into an organization that's been losing and you try to change the culture, it's a difficult job. It requires absolute faith from ownership. You've got to do some things on the field with your personnel that people don't like. But you've got to do it if you're going to turn it around.
control good simple win
We've got to buckle down and play some good ball. We're still in control of our own desitny. If we can't win it, we can't win it. It's simple as that.
demon hanging
We've just got this demon hanging over our head, and it's a zero.