Pete Mackanin Quotes (66 Quotes)

Any time a team (rallies) like that, it always seems to be a big deal. But for us especially, because we've got our backs against the wall. Nobody expects us to do much.

We'll take it inning by inning. We'll hope he can economize his pitches.

I think he's more suited for the bullpen. I've been wrong before about players, and I'd like for him to show he's a starter.

I'm sure by the time the season is over we'll all find out what we're doing.

He had everything going. They were off balance. He cruised the whole way. It was a very impressive performance.

There is natural ability and there is skill. There is an art to pitching. It's a skill position. It's not easy to throw quality pitches. It's not easy to throw the ball where you want to when you have that kind of velocity and that kind of movement. It boils down to being able to harness that stuff and throw it on the corners down in the zone. It's not easy to do. On a given day, Kip can do it. On another day, he can't do it.

Let's face it -- unless you have a contract for next year, which none of us do, it's always tough. In the coaches room, you talk about what you think is going to happen next year. Now, when the manager gets fired, it's even more amplified because nobody knows what's going to happen.

We think he's got a chance to be a pretty good pitcher. Whether that's in the bullpen or as a starter we're not exactly sure, but we want to give him every opportunity to start.

That guy Eckstein, I hate facing him with the game on the line. He's an outstanding clutch hitter.

I'm a big believer of getting back in the game. But at some point, you can't use the same people every night. It's damage control rather than managing a baseball game.

If I didn't have the bullpen problem, I probably would have taken him out sooner. Six walks is a good indication you're not making quality pitches.

It's a bottom-line business. Get the job done. I don't care how you do it but you've got to get it done.

We all knew he was a better hitter than he was showing early in the season. Now, is he the 200-hit guy he was (in 2004) or the .260-.270 guy he is now He's probably somewhere in the middle. But if Jack was anything close to what he his now, we probably would have won more games in the first half.

He probably threw more pitches early on than he wanted. But I thought he looked very good for a guy who hadn't pitched in over three weeks.

It's tough to bring in a guy for his Major League debut with the bases loaded. But I figured everything will be downhill after that. Ollie wasn't throwing strikes, and I figured that was the best way to go at the time.

It feels good to play them tough, not have them clinch against us. We didn't make it easy for them.

This is what happens when you have problems like this. All this macho, 'Drill him, he drilled us.' I'm not interested in that type of stuff. It was an accident, it just happened to occur to Luna. What else can I say It's unfortunate. I couldn't even argue. I didn't want to argue to give it any merit.

Sometimes you make the change for the obvious reasons. I didn't think I saw quality pitches. He had a high pitch count and I didn't have a good feeling about it.

I kept the lineup card from my first loss Tuesday night. Now I've got this card. I like this one better.

If a guy scratches himself out of a game, I'd like to believe it's something more than just a minor little thing. I might put him in for defense later, but I don't want to take a chance that we lose him for the rest of the year or a week.

There is no easy way to determine if a guy is done or not. We weren't going to let him go out for that next inning. Pitching coach Spin Williams basically told him that he was done to see his reaction because you can read a guy's face. He was hot. He couldn't believe he was coming out, which helped us make the decision to keep him back in there.

I don't have a magic bullet. I'm going to do the best I can to right this ship and get something positive out of the last three weeks of the season.

When he hit that second home run, I took such a deep breath. It was such a sight for sore eyes.

Is it worth it to start him one more time or two more times I don't know if it's in our best interests to do that.

For my money, he's the center fielder next year. I felt that he was capable of doing what he's doing. To me, the only question was offense. He's seemed to show that he can handle himself here. I don't know if he's going to hit .330. But he's a good enough hitter. Defensively, he's a prototypical center fielder. He runs everything down. He's not afraid of the wall. He'll dive. The center fielder's job is to catch every fly ball that is hit. You have corner men to help him out. That's the way he is.

In general, that's probably as good as he looked in a long time. Unfortunately, his stamina isn't built up to where we'd like him to be. But it was nice to see him back in somewhat of a pretty good form.

In the first inning he started off a little shaky. I didn't see good velocity. I didn't see what we were hoping to see. But after the first, he seemed to pitch a lot better. Something happened out there, and he was as good as we've seen in a long time and I'm pretty happy about that.

I didn't want to do it. I just felt it was the right thing to do at the time.

It's important he plays, but not to the point that he's totally frustrated. It looks to me like he's close to being totally frustrated. I'm going to try to look after him a little bit. He's really not helping the team at this point in time.

What's the point in it It's not like we need him to make another start. I think he's a real big part of the team next year.

We've got to play clean baseball. I don't want to lose games because of poor fundamental baseball.

The trainer recommended he didn't play today just to be cautious.

If our bullpen was in better shape, I probably would have taken him out sooner. Six walks is an obvious indication that you are not making quality pitches, to say the least. It's not what we needed, especially with our bullpen tight. It was a very disappointing outing for Kip.

One of those things. I'd like to think that, if we got 15 hits again tomorrow, we'd score a few more than two runs.

I don't foresee Redman pitching the rest of the year. That's my take. I might be wrong, but a broken index finger is not real good news for a pitcher. I don't see it happening, especially in lieu of the fact that we have so many young players we still need to get a look at.

With Castillo out, Freddy's shown he's more valuable as an everyday player than part-time. Besides playing well at second and short, he's played excellent third base. It's like having two shortstops on the left side.

I think players need a pat on the back but they also need a kick in the rear. They have to understand it's a matter of getting the job done.

He's going to be stiff, he could play but Tike Redman has good numbers against Carpenter. I anticipate him being able to play tomorrow.

He's a better hitter than he showed in the first half of the year, and he's coming around. He's been a big plus for us. He's playing with confidence. He's playing with energy.

I think Perez is so concerned with his command that he aims the ball more than he should. For me, he's just got too much flair instead of the consistent release point and arm slot. He's got to get back to basics.

He wasn't letting the fastball go. That's what he needs to get back to. I think he's so concerned with his control and his command that I think he aims the ball more than he should.

Mac's a very competitive person and this has been difficult for him the last couple of weeks. It's not easy when you're not winning. ... I don't have a magic bullet, but I'm going to do the best I can to get something positive out of the last three weeks.

There's a lot of upheaval. We're vagabonds. We live year to year.

I'm sure by the time the season is over we'll all have an idea of what we're doing. It's a tough situation for everybody. You just kind of sit back and wonder what's going to become of you.

You can't continue to make the same mistakes over and over again. There has to be a way to get across to the players that bad play or bad performance is unacceptable. You learn your craft in the Minor Leagues. At the big league level, we expect results.

That's the best we've seen him in a long time. You could tell by his swagger he felt pretty good about himself. That told us a lot.

It's a shame. That's as well as we've seen Mark pitch in a long time.

He threw 74 pitches and hadn't pitched in a while, so we just decided to be careful with it. Not that I wanted to, because we need pitchers to go late in the game. I thought he was pretty good. He had more pitches early than he probably wanted, but he looked very good for a guy who hasn't pitched in three weeks.

I'll tell you I like having two shortstops on the left side of the infield. What you don't get from him in power, he might make up for you with his defense. You can win with Freddy Sanchez playing third.

I thought he was better than I expected. Our main concern was his pitch count, but he had a good angle all night. I thought that was as good as he's looked in a long time. It's just that his stamina is not what it could be.