It's not that they couldn't get them back on. It was when they were going to get them on. You are sitting around in Spring Training and the pitchers sit and wait. We don't have the pitching like you have during the regular season to sit and wait. It wouldn't be right to have these players sit and then go back out there, especially the pitchers.
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I don't want him to carry that into the season with a tender arm, and you probably saw some throws yesterday that weren't quality throws. That was an alarm to me to get him out of there and try to get this thing right.Frank Robinson
He continues to improve. He continues to get sharper each time out, and his location was very good today. He had a very good outing today. Keep building -- that's what we look for. As you go along, you get better. This was his best outing so far.
Frank Robinson
He's never complained about the hardships this team has gone through. He signed a long-term contract because he wanted to be here.
Frank Robinson
He's doing it for the season. I didn't ask him to do it for today. That wasn't the answer I wanted. This is for the season.
Frank Robinson
Seemed like just yesterday we were having fun.
Frank Robinson
He prepared you to go out and play baseball and have an opportunity to win ballgames, ... We were well organized. He knew the rules of the game. He executed the game fundamentally -- offensively and defensively. He could show you both ways. In the infield-fly rule, he would teach you how to do it defensively and offensively.
Frank Robinson
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