Tony Russa
Tony Russa
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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,
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I think he's a talented guy. I think he runs well. I understand he defends well, he has a nice stroke. That's enough. All I know is it's 2006 and he has a chance.
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I think he runs well, I understand he defends well and he's got a nice stroke. I think that's enough. He has some credentials and he competes.
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What's different about this club, when you have this many setbacks, it's usually part of why you don't win or you barely squeeze by in the last week of the season with a good but not great record. To have this kind of run and play this quality of baseball for this long is why this club deserves a very different kind of credit.
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We saved runs all night long. That's the way you had to win that game, because they had so many opportunities. Our defense stood out.
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Forever now, as long as baseball history is repeated, that home run is going to be part of history and Albert will have his place in it.
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Everybody has their strong points, and that's an important one for him. He's done everything. He's gotten big hits, he's played defense well, he has run the bases.
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He's done everything. Gotten big hits, played defense well, run the bases. He's playing today, so he's still in the mix.
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He hasn't been declared healthy yet. He's working hard everyday. He's hitting everyday. He's just not allowed to run or jump.
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Hung in there? You don't just hang in there when you limit them to two runs with all those opportunities. When he had guys on base, he was outstanding.
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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.
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He pitched nine innings against a tough offensive club -- that's dominating. He had a 2-0 pitch to a terrific hitter and he hit the ball out of the state. But that's the last run they got. That's outstanding pitching. No disrespect to anybody in either league who's doing great, but there's nobody greater than Chris. He's clutch.
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A guy like that, could he do enough to be the dominant player at the position? Depends on what kind of offensive player he becomes. He's got a live bat. He could hit 15, 20 home runs if he played every day. He's just got to find a way to do it.
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It would prove that point that the attention should be on the players and not the managers.