The two areas we need to improve on is to get away from the bottom total in errors -- I think we're last in the league -- and we're next to last in ERA.
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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.Lou Piniella
I think what's helped is the continuity of the rotation. We haven't deviated from the set rotation in the second half. I think that gives them confidence. They know they can have a bad game and not get shuffled out.
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He came in and thanked everybody for the opportunity, even though he didn't really get that much of an opportunity,
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We came in here playing good baseball. We didn't embarrass ourselves. We didn't win any games, but you know, we gave up eight-plus runs a game. It's very difficult to win that way.
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A lot of his starts mirror each other pretty close. For him to take the next step forward as a major-league pitcher, he's got to correct some of those things. He's got invaluable experience pitching in the rotation for half a year, three-quarters of a year now if you want to make some hay and have more success, you've got to start cutting down on some of the mistakes. He's capable of it. It's going to be up to him.
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He's not a real big guy, so here in September he's worn down a little bit as far as his velocity is concerned. But he's pitched well all year and he's helped us win baseball games. Thursday night against the Indians he felt good, but they were just hitting him.
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