John Mabry Quotes (16 Quotes)

He's in good spirits. You feel bad for him. You hate to see anyone get hurt.

I lost the ball in the sun. Nobody feels worse about it than me. I tried to slide to create an angle, and I still didn't get it out of the sun.

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This won't be so much an accomplishment for our team as it is an accomplishment for the entire organization. This team hasn't relied on two or three guys. It's been everybody. When guys went down, others stepped up. No one here has just been along for the ride.

The change of management had nothing to do with the Allen report at all. This process was talked about several months ago, before the Allen report was brought to our attention.

I hit him pretty good. The ball short-hopped and came up, so he backed up. When he backed up, he was in the middle of the base. I tried to hit the front corner and spin around him without hitting him. When I got there, he stood up, and my arm hit him right in the middle of the back.

Pierre understands the role and is one of the best in the league at it. He's going to try to get on base, no matter what. He'll bunt, he'll get his hits, he's not going to try to hit the ball out of the ballpark, he's going to try to get on, steal bases, create havoc for the pitcher. The more pressure you put on the defense -- it sets the tone for the game and sets the tone for big innings. That's what you're after for guys in that spot.

I lost the ball in the sun. That was the thing. It was going to be a bang-bang play, and I was going to get there at the same time as the ball. I tried to create an angle by sliding, and it still didn't come out for me. Two runs scored and we lose.

It was an ideal situation for me and my family to live here. But (the Cardinals) didn't offer anything. There was nothing else I could do. I had to find a job.

The independent directors -- and believe me, we did not take this lightly -- made a decision to change management and leadership of the company.

I'll tell him anything he wants to know about the game or the team or the league, or whatever goes on in association with being a big leaguer. That's part of the deal when you get called up. Guys took care of me, and I try to take care of the young guys and make it easier.

Last year, it was like a machine. It just kept rolling and rolling and rolling and rolling. This year, it's like whoever steps in comes up and does the job. It's a different guy every night. It's not the usual suspects, because most of them are hurt. Somebody goes out there and battles and gets a key hit or makes a big play for us.

It means he's doing his job because he's on base. You have to be on base to score runs. The more times he scores, the better off the Chicago Cubs are.

We hit pretty good. He came back because the throw came up. I didn't have anywhere to go. We did hit.

It's obviously a tough situation, ... I would imagine going through the Minor Leagues in an organization where your father is the pitching coach, you probably have a little more stress or a little more scrutiny than other guys might get. But he works hard to try to make it on his own merit and do the things he needs to do.

We're building up fielding like we're building up our swing. If something goes wrong in a game or something I don't feel comfortable with, the next day I'll work on it. It's a feel thing, it's a timing thing. It's something that makes you comfortable out there. That's what I look for. If it's reaction instead of having to think about it, then I'm where I need to be.