John Gibbons Quotes on Chance (6 Quotes)

The first day we got down here, I said, 'The numbers are against you, but you still need to approach it like you're going out there to try and make this team.' I just want him to have fun. I don't know what teams are looking for a catcher. Certain teams, if we try to get him through waivers, there's teams that may want to go with the young guys and might take a chance on him. It's unfortunate he had those couple years where he was injured.

The last couple of years, he actually pitched pretty good for no spring training, but it caught up with him after a few starts. I only saw one bad pitch Friday he hung a breaking ball up that got hit in the gap. This gives him a chance to start the season off in shape.

You're never satisfied of course. But I look at the big picture, some of the things that have happened, things that might have happened, have a chance to happen and I feel good.

Every time you run them out there, you have a chance to win. That's all you can ask for.

They pitched good. They're bullpen was outstanding. We battled and we hung in there -- gave ourselves some chances. But they came through.

We're going to make our mistakes this season, but the key will be in trying to limit those. We want to make the routine plays when we have a chance to make them.