Jerry Narron Quotes on Games (10 Quotes)

It's always better to have these days before you start playing games. The only time you really get messed up is when you miss a game.

He's a pretty good pitcher. After seeing him pitch in Fort Myers the other day, our guys had a lot of confidence in him. They'd heard a lot about him, and everybody knows he's pitched in big games. It's nice to have him in the middle of our rotation.

Our guys are pretty resilient. We've had a couple of really ugly games, losses, and came back and won the next day. It was nice to come out today and score those runs early. I think that helped everybody.

Everybody likes day games after night games, ... They're tickled to be on the field. I'm sure Denorfia will be. Nothing against Kearns or Casey, but I'm happy Denorfia will get the opportunity to play today.

It's going to be nasty in left field. I love the 6 p.m. start time but it will be a tough field to play. Even in 7 p.m. games, the sun is over the stands and in the pitcher's face.

In the middle of the year, he had some tough outings early in the game, then he settled down. But for the most part, over the last six or seven games, he's had some very good innings.

Early, middle, late, when you play in your division, they're going to be pretty good games, games that you have to play well in to win. ... They are all big games when you play in your division.

If you had seen the wind blowing out at Wrigley Field the last three days, you'd think we got some pretty good pitching over there, too. Our starters are doing very well for us and giving us a chance to win some games and match up at the end a little bit.

I talked to these guys that last day (of last season) in St. Louis about coming to spring training in shape. The only way you do that is to take it seriously. I have no clue of what Josh Hancock did this winter. He might have run a marathon for all I know. He might have been throwing off the mound every day. But he was 17 pounds over his requested reporting weight. Can be a successful pitcher at 17 pounds more than he's asked to be Maybe. But we looked at last year. He was on the disabled list for 133 games. We did not see the commitment we wanted to see.

I don't know, but funk or not, I like seeing him out there, ... He's a gamer, plays hurt, has played in a lot of games this year that a lot of guys would not have played.