Dusty Baker Quotes on Spring (11 Quotes)

The arm is the first thing you think about, but it wasn't that. They said he was fine enough to exercise afterward. He might be back today. This late in the spring, you are always apprehensive about everything.

That's the best he's looked so far this spring. It's the right time for him to get it together.

They hit some balls on the nose. The elements were with us tonight. This is sort of strange. You think spring is here, then winter shows back up again, I guess that is Chicago you've just got to deal with it.

I'm looking for health, I'm looking for bat speed, I'm looking for leg speed. It's hard to compare a youngster to a veteran player in Spring Training. The advantage always goes to the young player. There are some things I'm looking for. You want to see progress as spring goes on. I've got a pretty good idea of what he can do. I'm looking for what's left.

Certain kids stick out, ... And when I saw Adam in spring training, I liked his attitude, his work ethic. He busts his butt.

I'm not saying that. I'm just saying I haven't really thought about it. Like I told you in Spring Training, I haven't changed one bit. My whole thing is my team plays well and wins, and everything will take care of itself. Money is important to everybody, but you can't have money as your primary focus. Your primary focus has got to be winning. You win and everything else follows after that. Just do your job.

Todd did a good job playing first base in Spring Training. He likes playing first base. He'll play first most of the time and second base some of the time.

The elements were with us tonight. We thought spring was here and winter showed up again. I guess that's Chicago.

This late in the spring, you're more apprehensive than anything. He said it was mild. He felt it on one of his pitches -- he sort of winced.

It's very exciting. Toward the end of Spring Training is when you show what you're made of. We've all been through this many times. Rarely have these guys been one of the last cuts in the course of their life. This is a different situation for all of them I'm sure.

There are some guys who have the nod because of experience. There are some guys who have demonstrated better control and better stuff than others. We'll see how they do the last couple weeks of spring and how they do when they go to Triple-A or Double-A.