Tony Russa
Tony Russa
afraid contact pitchers played year
That's the way we played all year long, ... Our pitchers are not afraid to pitch to contact and get the groundball.
feels next
That's the plan. We'll see how he feels the next two days.
chance concession diminish fifth
That's the only concession we've made. And I don't think having Carp go out there every fifth day is going to diminish our chance of winning.
deep game good
That's a very good lineup. He pitched deep into the game and pitched well, too.
against breakfast clutch feeding four games given good lift lunch straight sure talk whoever
Whoever is feeding him, I'm going to talk to Wendy (Sanders' wife) and make sure it's the same breakfast and lunch that he's been having. Because what a lift he's given us, four games straight games now. He's been so clutch against good pitching, really good pitching.
feels good since win
It feels good to win two games, especially since they out-hit us in all three.
concentration feels good great majority physically pressure
I think physically he feels good and I think the pressure of the postseason has got his concentration back to where it was a great, great majority of the season.
drama foul heroic home hurt incredibly pitches run saw understanding
I think my first understanding of the significance of Gibson's home run is the drama of what he did that day, as hurt as he was, that being his only at-bat. And if you saw him foul those pitches off and how gimpy he was, it was an incredibly heroic kind of at-bat, if you can use hero in sports,
happen original player
It doesn't happen often that a player of significance comes back to his original team.
last rough starts virtually
I think if you look at virtually every starter, we've had some rough starts in the last two weeks,
against face key last mentally pitching rough starts understand virtually
I think if you look at virtually every starter, we've had some rough starts here in the last two weeks, ... The big key is to get back on it mentally and understand that if we don't pitch, we don't win. Against the pitching we're going to face in postseason, we're not going to outscore people.
experience goes pitching weapons
I think he's pitching with more confidence. He's got more experience and he's got more weapons when he goes out there. They all fit.
expect unless
I think he's going to start. Unless I go in (the clubhouse) and find out something that wasn't obvious, I expect him to start.
early gets shows state surprised
I think he'll show up in the state (Sunday). If he gets here early enough, I wouldn't be surprised if he shows up at the park.