Tony Russa
Tony Russa
break excellent knee seen stretch tough
He's an excellent player. We've seen that. He's been exceptional defensively. He had a tough stretch before the break but he's been outstanding. The knee slowed him down some for a while, but he's healthy.
anxious cleared forward gets green moving until
He's anxious to get out there, but I think if he gets out there he could go backward. We'll just keep moving forward until he gets the green light. If he's cleared to play, he'll play.
backwards gets hurt trying work
He's anxious, he's straining to get out there, and we think if he gets out there he's going to go backwards and hurt himself. We're just trying to give him a little more work and see how he responds.
abuse cardinals count last lost quality team time won
I count that as a quality start. Sometimes you can abuse the stats. Our team won the game, when's the last time the Cardinals lost when he started? That's a better stat.
good paid pitch retired six stuff
I don't think the pitch to Ensberg was all that bad. I didn't see the replay. He had good enough stuff. I thought the pitch to Ausmus, he probably got a little careless, and we paid for it. He retired six guys. He had good enough stuff to do it, he just didn't get it done.
anybody remembers
I don't think anybody really remembers getting on that plane,
baseball believe certain emotional league major supposed win
I believe Major League Baseball is here in force. I know what they tell us about certain latitudes you get in postseason play because you're supposed to be emotional and try and win this.
baseball believe certain emotional league major supposed win
I believe Major League Baseball is here in force, ... I know what they tell us about certain latitudes you get in postseason play because you're supposed to be emotional and try and win this.
anybody good improvement means mound particular sore throw
He's made some improvement, ... With all the treatment, he's got some relief. He's not as sore as he was yesterday, so that's a good sign. But I don't think anybody told me that means he can throw off the mound on a particular day. But I know he has improved.
date definite
He's improving, more and more, but there's no definite date yet.
allow anybody press somebody
I called up to the press box, because for a while I didn't see anybody there. I thought somebody was having a cookout, but we don't allow that, do we?
absolutely ball behind dugout game hitter likely separate time walk walked worst yell
I don't necessarily think you can separate the two. When you come into a game with a big lead, absolutely the worst thing you can do is to walk guys. That's the only time I'd yell from the dugout - whey they walked somebody. So when you get behind a hitter in that situation, it's more likely a ball catches too much plate.
absolutely ball behind dugout game hitter likely separate time walk walked worst yell
I don't necessarily think you can separate the two, ... When you come into a game with a big lead, absolutely the worst thing you can do is to walk guys. That's the only time I'd yell from the dugout - whey they walked somebody. So when you get behind a hitter in that situation, it's more likely a ball catches too much plate.
ball both couple hit throw
If you throw the ball down the middle, they can hit one through the wind, which they've done a couple times both games.