I think he's just trying to make our guys confident. It's a good ploy.
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Waecther did fine, ... I was hoping to get six innings out of him. And in the sixth inning, they got to him. He pitched fine. Today he kept the ball in the ballpark.
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It doesn't bother me, but I get a kick out of it, because now, you're putting expectations on yourself for no reason, ... Just go out there and play, and play hard, have fun, win a ballgame, be humble about it and go out and try to do it the next day again, instead of having that bravado. All of a sudden you've got to back up bravado. You don't have to back up humility.
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The first game, we just got blown out. What are you going to do On Wednesday night, we played a good baseball game. It was a good game. We just got beat.
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