I think you have to be willing to trade a lot of players and be willing to make changes. And you have to do it quickly. If I made a mistake, I stayed with players too long. We tried to develop, but I think you need to make decisions very quickly.
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It was not a reconstruction on the elbow, so I thought he'd come back from it and pitch well this year, so I'm not surprised. What surprises me is that his control had been is as good as it has been. Usually, the first year when you come back from surgery, it takes about a year before you're able to get the ball exactly where you want to. But he's done a pretty good job of locating pitches.Phil Garner
I like to be considered part of the success of this team, but I am not, by any stretch of the imagination, the reason. When you have good players, and you give them a chance to do something, they're going to perform. That's what these guys have done.
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We need them in the worst way, and we need to win them in a pretty good fashion, too. These guys have come in here. They've come up with the big hits when they need them. They look like they're comfortable, and we need to put something in their heads, make them think about us a little bit.
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It looks like it's favorable, but it's not, ... Those teams have played us very well. It would be an absolute mistake for us to think this is favorable. Milwaukee's played us tough, and Pittsburgh's played us tough and the Cubs can play us tough. ... These guys will play us good, and we can not expect anything to be given to us. That's a fact.
Phil Garner
I don't think we need any more incentive than we already have. We're an organization that has never been to the World Series. That's plenty of incentive right there.
Phil Garner
It wasn't hurting. But I thought I'd better get it taken care of so it wouldn't start hurting.
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