I wouldn't take back anything that I have done because it's who I am. I like to make people laugh. But I'm not a player anymore. I'm a coach, and it's a different job. I want to do my job, and that's to get 11 or 12 pitchers ready to pitch a game.
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Obviously you'd like to have everybody throwing up zeroes all the time. But that can't happen. Pitchers can go into slumps just like hitters. For whatever reason, sometimes they do it collectively.Roger McDowell
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Roger McDowell
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Roger McDowell
We don't always talk baseball. I want to know everything about these guys. I feel that if I know them, I can be a better coach.
Roger McDowell
I don't feel I have warranted anything to be called Camp Roger. It's been called Camp Leo, and rightfully so.
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