Vance Wilson Quotes (15 Quotes)


    Everything he got hurt on had to do with location. He had his good stuff in the bullpen, good game plan. We just missed with our spots, and then you tip your cap to their lineup. They hurt you when you make mistakes.

    I thought he actually threw the ball better than his line was.

    Down the middle to most people, but maybe a low strike to him because he's 6-foot-12.

    He's awesome. He's got as good a stuff as we have in this organization.

    It's a little tough to focus on the job. We're playing with a heavy heart. It's really tough. It makes it emotional.


    From my standpoint, there's not a whole lot different that he could have done. He's passionate. He cares about the players, he backs the players and never once bashed them to the media. I thought he handled things very well and took the pressure off the players. He's taken the fall now for a couple of months. If anything, he might have been too supportive of us.

    One thing we won't have a problem with, though, is guys playing hard. Tram will make sure that happens.

    They feed off their crowd. They're an emotional team. They get one guy on, and it's like a huge rally. The crowd goes crazy ... truly the extra-man effect.

    You still have to go out and compete. We signed on to play 162 games, not 140 games and shut it down. If you're any kind of professional, it's important to show what kind of pride you have.


    I actually had a 17-pitch at-bat one time. The problem with long at-bats is that you typically miss pitches you should have hit, so you can't get into a mental game.

    He's throwing hard, but it's under control.

    He threw some good pitches early that got called balls, and it just seemed we got in some bad counts because of that. No offense to the umpire. I thought he threw the ball better than his line showed for sure.

    We wanted to keep him off balance, try to establish inside. When we went in, we were on the plate. That's his strength.

    It was nasty. The nastiest one, though, was when he struck out Lane on a fastball down. That's where he's got to learn to pitch.


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