Spring training performances are totally skewed most of the time.
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We just want to avoid the same kind of early rush back like we did the first time. He's going to tell you it's great. He's going to tell you he wants to play, and that's all good -- it's great to hear that. But we don't want to have him have another setback.Joe Maddon
Mr. Hendrickson was pretty incredible. Great job. He was in command, gosh, right from the first moment until the very end.
Joe Maddon
He's got tomorrow off, actually. He might drive to Orlando.
Joe Maddon
What I'm trying to convince them is, you're not trying to beat the Yankees or the Red Sox or the Blue Jays, you're trying to beat the game of baseball through execution. When you play the game properly, it really should not matter what name is on the front or back of the shirt. And when you can reduce it to that mentally, I think you have a better chance of repeating the proper things over and over again.
Joe Maddon
When we have our organizational meetings, we don't just talk about numbers, we talk about agenda. About each player, we ask, what is his agenda Is it himself, or the team
Joe Maddon
Seth didn't make his pitches at all. He couldn't put it where he wanted. He's got a lot to learn about pitching yet.
Joe Maddon
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