Tony Russa
Tony Russa
correction hal needs sees
We have to get (Juan) going. I think (hitting coach) Hal (McRae) sees the correction that he needs to make.
checked half numbers question raised second somebody wears
Somebody raised a question that he wears down in the second half and I checked the stats. His numbers are better in the second half.
avoid bad concerned front half kept lose pushing second starting stretch though
We've been really concerned the whole second half that a stretch of bad play was right in front of us and I think that's kept us pushing and we've been able to avoid it. I don't want to lose that concern even though we're starting to get healthy.
hoping slips sure
We're going to talk, and we're going to make sure that nothing slips through the cracks. Scott is really important, and we're hoping that what he's done is not too much too soon. That's why it's important we talk.
game pitching
We're going to go game-to-game, series-to-series. We'll see if we think our pitching is vulnerable.
care finish great line mostly october ready rotation soon start trying turns
We're mostly try to get to the finish line first, as soon as possible, then if we can do that, we're going to try to get to October as ready as we can. We're not trying to make a start for Anthony Reyes. We're trying to take care of those two priorities. If it turns out that we want to lengthen out the rotation for some reason, Anthony's a great guy.
last player plenty position sure three weeks
We know him and technically a position player can get here the last two or three weeks and that's plenty of camp. I'm sure he's been working.
five four locate roy seen
We've seen Roy four or five times this year. They've seen Mulder four times. It's not really going to be stuff, it's going to be command; you know, do you locate your pitches?
concentration edge far lost mental won
We've won the division, and I think he's lost a little mental edge as far as concentration,
aggressive medical playing staff training
Over the weekend, he was very aggressive in his playing and it's barking. The medical and training staff think that he should take a day or two.
feature guys role
Our role guys have become our feature players.
balls breaking couple extra gave mistakes runs
Look at the runs he gave up, they were two breaking balls over the plate, ... He made a couple of breaking ball mistakes and that's two extra runs.
matt morris
Matt Morris is part of our postseason rotation. He was never out of it.
feels good since win
It feels good to win two games, especially since they out-hit us in all three.