I don't think it's ever overrated to have an established closer, but there are other ways to get it done too. With the situation that we're looking at now, there are some people there that may become that. This may give that other person the opportunity to become that. He may be here already.
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If the team is doing well, it's hard to blow up the chemistry. I'm not into that. If there's any kind of crack in the armor and this kid is ready, there's certain guys when they're ready, you want to bring them on. You don't want them to go stale on the vine either, too ripe. You have to be really cognizant of that also.Joe Maddon
I like the group that was there last year. For me to come in and get to know everybody, at least the opportunity will be there.
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Again, the biggest thing I'm looking for is strike-throwing right now. See what their command looks like, getting ahead of hitters, putting hitters away, those kinds of things. It's really hard to be overly critical at this point. It's early and I want them to get their feet on the ground. And the practice game and the workouts are one thing, but getting out there against live competition, as we all know, is different.
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He's so easy to talk to on the phone, and you're standing over there meeting him for first time in front of a bunch of people and that was easy, too. He's just such a nice man - everything he's supposed to be.
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I'm trying to think of young hitters who have that command of the strike zone at a young age, and I haven't had many. That's really unusual. That's something that normally becomes nurtured, that eventually becomes part of somebody's game plan.
Joe Maddon
You have to get good pitching to beat the Red Sox, period. When they have pitching like they do, you can't expect to come in here and just try to go toe-to-toe with them and beat them 9-8 all the time. You're just not going to do it. So we got a good pitching performance and won tonight.
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