Some pitchers can be very liberal when they evaluate themselves. The most impressive thing he did today was that he admitted he missed his spot.
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He's going to want to test it, so we'll back him off and make the decision for him. It's a long year with a lot of games left to play. Let's get it done properly.Joe Maddon
The wasting of good pitching is a mortal sin, according to the Catholic church, in that you just can't do that. So I've always been a Catholic since I was born, and it's actually the 11th commandment and a lot of people don't know about that.
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He looked good in (batting practice). He looks good at third, too. He catches the ball well. Everybody talks about Russ' home run ability, but Russ catches the ball well. He's got a fine arm. I just want to get him back out there and get him some at-bats.
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Everybody knows the Rays are a very good offensive team so the meetings prior to that series are going to be pretty advanced, the advanced scouting is going to pick up. We're not going to ambush anybody like the second half of last season. We may have to adapt. We have to be aware of adapting to what they're doing to us.
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He started as a middle infielder and actually became a corner guy because he's kind of a big guy, but he's got some agility. He's got really good feet, and when you have good feet you can do a lot of different things.
Joe Maddon
We want him to work on command of his fastball.
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