Bruce Bochy Quotes on Time (17 Quotes)

Bochy declined comment when asked if Johnson could snatch more starts from Klesko. He (Johnson) deserves playing time, ... He's playing some great baseball right now. You want somebody to force your hand. You always say it's a nice problem when you have a lot of guys you can play out there.

When you first come up, you don't know what you're getting into. He thought he took too many pitches. This time, he's getting his swings. That doesn't mean he's out of control, just that he's being aggressive.

This has gone on quite a while now. It's probably the longest one I've seen a club go through. Hopefully, when we come out of it, we'll come out if it for a long time, too.

He's been there every time. He wanted it, so I let him have it.

It's not really a time to start picking at the corners. We're down four at that point. You've pretty much got to challenge them, and we lost the challenge.

We're going to approach him like we always have, as if he's been playing all season. This guy's one of the greatest hitters of all time. You want to make quality pitches and not make mistakes.

It's whoever's playing the best ball at the time, who's clicking, pitching the best, playing the best ball. That's why you have Wild Card teams get hot at the end and keep going.

We thought it would be good for him to get some playing time. He hit some balls hard, that were right at guys, but he's a little rusty. He's a Major League player. I like his swing. His legs, his health, he's doing much better there. He just needs some at-bats.

We're starting to get a little concerned whether he's getting enough playing time.

There's a good possibility he may go on the disabled list. We want him real close if not 100 percent. It's the best thing for him and the club. We feel like we can give him a little bit of time right now if he does start on the disabled list.

We just feel it will be in our best interest not to have him out there Saturday. With Jake, it's going to be important to get him right - and get him out there, too. You don't want him to miss too much time.

We needed a big hit, we have been missing it. He came through big time. It sure makes life easier when you get a big hit.

He was off tonight. You don't like for your pitcher to be off that much. ... But at the same time, you've got to settle down and make some pitches.

There is no question Doug was a time bomb. More than anything, I'm glad we found this before anything serious happened on the field.

I think overall with his game, he's a little rusty. He's a major-league player he's a major-league hitter. He's going to be back up here. I just think, at this point, he needs some time down there.

We're going to approach him the way we always have and just take for granted that he's going to be swinging the way he usually swings. I mean this guy's one of the greatest hitters of all time, so we're not going to treat him any differently. We'll try to approach him the same way we have in the past and that's to make quality pitches and hopefully not make a mistake.

We're talking about a guy who's going into the Hall of Fame. He's got great presence, and what he's accomplished in the game is pretty remarkable, especially being a catcher. It's amazing, everybody knows about his power but this guy is a lifetime .300 hitter. He's a smart hitter, and what you appreciate when you watch Mike, even though he's a catcher and can't run like (Mike) Cameron, he's full-bore all the time. I mean, he gives you everything on the field.