Sam Perlozzo
Sam Perlozzo
Samuel Benedict Perlozzois a former second baseman and manager in Major League Baseball, most recently with the Baltimore Orioles...
counting good high name pencil rotation time whether
Honestly, every time I pencil his name in there and he comes up in the rotation I'm counting on a good game. Whether I get it or I don't, I have that high hope.
good pitching
Good pitching makes you sluggish, at least makes you look that way.
care contract general managers situation surprising talked unique
I haven't talked to anybody. We have a unique situation where everyone is out of a contract at the end of the year, so it's not surprising he hasn't done anything with me because he's got general managers to take care of, too. It complicates the situation, to say the least.
attention betting drew helped possibly rather seen sure
I probably would rather have not seen it. I'm sure that it helped a little bit, but if I were a betting man, I'd bet it drew attention to it and could possibly make it worse.
best gonna hit pitch
If you're gonna let Manny hit something out of the ballpark, is he going to hit your best pitch, your second-best pitch or your third-best pitch? What is it?
balls effort few hold tried trying
In the effort of trying to hold them down, he tried a little too hard, maybe. He just got a few balls up.
creeping expect failure good guy guys later nine pay sooner time
I just think it's a failure to get one guy hot. You got nine guys in the lineup. You don't expect nine guys to scuffle. Someone is going to pay for it sooner or later. But that doesn't make me feel good at all. Sooner or later they're going to get their hits. We need them to do it sooner than later. Time is creeping up on us.
certainly move ready tickled
It's certainly something that I've wanted for a long time. I'm tickled to death. We're ready to move forward.
ball few hit nice somebody streak
It's been like that this whole streak here. The few opportunities we have where we hit the ball real good, somebody makes a nice play on it.
It just happens. I don't know why it happens.
race
It was race to get to it, and we just couldn't get to it.
challenge clubhouse deal door inside team together walk whatever
It's a challenge to deal with it. We have goals. Our thing is that when we're inside the clubhouse we are a team together. That's what I addressed the club with. And that's what we're going to do. When you walk out the door you can do whatever you want, but when you're in here you're together as a team.
relax
I told them to relax because they were making me nervous. We can relax. We're good. We'll be OK.
damage major
Damage control. I thought, 'Holy cow, here we go again.' When he got out of that, I said, 'All right. That's a major step.