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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Even though we didn't get the one big goal that we wanted, there are no losers here. We are all winners ? and that includes the best fans in America.
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The thought of a squeeze crossed my mind, but you think he's one our better hitters and you want him to have a chance to win the ballgame and drive in a couple of runs.
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Sometimes your offense picks up your pitching, and I do believe that our pitching will pick up our offense more often than it will let us down. Tonight we needed the offense and we had the offense. A win is a win.
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you figure out a way to come out and try to win a ball game.
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You always feel like that he's a guy that's going to help you win late in the game. That's one of the traits that's hard to find in a player.
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We're certainly not in a good spot, ... As badly as we played, we had a chance to win this ballgame. That would have been a feel-good experience. We just have to go home and regroup. We'll bounce back. We'll make a series out of this.
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Well, we're not in a good spot. We had a chance to win this ballgame. We have to go home and regroup. We'll make a series out of this.
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Well, we're not in a good spot, ... We had a chance to win this ballgame. We have to go home and regroup. We'll make a series out of this.
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We need them in the worst way, and we need to win them in a pretty good fashion, too. These guys have come in here. They've come up with the big hits when they need them. They look like they're comfortable, and we need to put something in their heads, make them think about us a little bit.
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What you saw tonight is not unusual for Roy. This was a big stage and we've had trouble winning games in this park. He stepped up, and took control, and did a super job.
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I can't imagine a better game with as much on the line as this game and to have performances on both sides of the field that were as critical and as good as they were. It was unfortunate that somebody had to win or had to lose this game. I'm certainly glad we won.
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(Sheets) was good but we have to win these games. We just didn't drive in the runs when we needed them.
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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.
assess games goal win
This was a big win for us. But our goal is to get 15 games over .500 and then assess where we are.