Stan Conte
Stan Conte
age age-and-aging eight last matter worked
We're going to go back to the things that worked the last eight years. No matter what age a person is, he still has to go out and run.
area last similar
He didn't even want to try another pitch, ... It's similar to last year's injury, but in a different area of the muscle.
batting close good last next playing practice progress swinging
Batting practice is next on his agenda. But he's swinging well and making good progress in the last 48 hours. He's close to playing in a game.
baby days dodgers huge injuries last throw year
The Dodgers had 1,200 days missed, the Diamondbacks 1,000. But while injuries did play a huge part last year for us, we don't want to throw the baby out with the bathwater.
barry came good help knee knows month pleased tells
We're going to play a lot off of what Barry tells us, because he's the only one who knows how his knee is going to feel. It's always going to be a day-to-day, week-to-week, month-to- month thing. You can't help but be pleased that he came here, he did some good stuff, he left, and we'll see how it is tomorrow.
certain player ultimately
Ultimately the player makes this decision, to a certain degree,
obviously
It doesn't look all that bad, but obviously he's out of the lineup.
expect game missed spring training whether
I think we're going to take one day at a time. I think that if he does what we expect him to do this year, no one's going to look back and say whether he missed a spring training game or not.
based feels
I think he can make it based on what he's done. If he feels comfortable, I feel comfortable.
gone good looked pleased
Overall, we're just real pleased with how this has gone so far. He looked good and has looked good for a while.
absolutely ancient eight problems seven stuff
You always look at stuff like that, but that was seven or eight years ago. He's had absolutely no problems with that since. That's pretty much ancient history.
concern muscle next time
There is some inflammation in the muscle and it is his push-off leg, so that's a concern any time for a pitcher, ... We'll know more in the next day or so.
far weird
As far as I'm concerned, he's ready. Now we're just double-checking and triple-checking. But this is a weird injury. I'm always going to be a little worried.
against among best competing days injured league reality teams
Actually, we were 10th in the league in days missed. And while that is unacceptable -- traditionally we've been among the best -- the reality was, in our division, we were competing against teams more injured than we were.