Honestly, everybody liked him in spring training. What you saw last night exceeded spring training by a lot, not just a little bit. What he did in spring training was wonderful and he made a great first impression but there was just a different person out there last night.
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He just threw a lot of pitches. They will wear you out. You have to get ahead of these guys and make them swing the bats early because they will pitch count you. They are very capable of that. They have several very good hitters in that lineup.Joe Maddon
We're going after an attitude. And an attitude is a decision. You learn how to win.
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I don't know that. I have to see the games. And I rely a lot on what people have told me, too. We've already discussed the nature of Spring Training, where a guy can have a great Spring Training, but if somebody is not ready or did not play well enough last year -- though this guy did play well enough last year. So I'm going to rely on other information on this one, too.
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We'll take that slowly. It's such a weird injury, you just don't know. And the guy's all muscle and bone, there's nothing else there.
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Michelangelo aimed high. He talks about if you aim low, the concern is that you might hit the mark. So were not going to aim low, were going to aim high and see what happens.
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He's on a level with Barry Bonds, as far as hitting ability. He's just so hard to pitch to. ... We're just going to keep trying.
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