My decision was that he was in complete control of that ballgame, ... He's a battler. I wasn't going to take him out and interrupt things on that field.
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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
It would be water under the bridge as far as I'm concerned.
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Where do you go back, stop and say, 'OK, when did he start using steroids' To eliminate all that, and get the players' attention, you wipe the whole thing out.
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We'll see where he fits and how he performs. If you don't start him, it would be very difficult to get him to start later on. We can also make him a reliever. I haven't seen him enough as a starter to draw a conclusion. As a reliever, he has been very effective. What I have liked about him from Day 1 is that he has been able to throw a strike with his fastball at almost any time. If he gets behind a hitter, he can throw a fastball for a strike.
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The bullpen has come through a lot of times this year. We needed the bullpen tonight and they did a tremendous job,
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