That's the premise, play the game right and you have a better chance to succeed.
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The plan was to at least get him in there two times a week. And that's what I thought coming into the season ... We'll just see. Regular catcher Toby Hall is wonderful also.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.
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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.
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Spring training performances are totally skewed most of the time.
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This is just purely hypothetical. If he's the fifth starter with the second day of the season being an off-day, you won't have to use him until the second time around. So you can get a little simulated game or something more on the side, a bullpen session. There's different things you can do to take care of that. If he just stays well, there should be no problem. If he gets to the point where he's hurting again, that would obviously cause an entirely different scenario.
Joe Maddon
I honestly don't even think about that, because I really believe if we get our right guys out there, we play the game properly, like anybody else, we can beat them on any give day. I'm not into the payroll stuff. David can beat Goliath on any given day if you do your job properly.
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