Showing posts with label Manuel's Musing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Manuel's Musing. Show all posts

6/30/09

Manuel’s Musing for June 29

Philosophical Jerry Manuel “We're a below average team. Period.”

-Jerry Manuel

6/29/09

Manuel’s Musing for June 28

Philosophical Jerry Manuel “I wasn't applauding him tonight, but you do have to applaud that.”

-Jerry Manuel on Mariano Rivera’s 500th save

6/28/09

Manuel’s Musing for June 27

Philosophical Jerry Manuel “We played a bad game.
It was just one of those nights.”

-Jerry Manuel

6/27/09

Manuel’s Musing for June 26

Philosophical Jerry Manuel “Their big guy was very good.”

-Jerry Manuel on CC Sabathia

6/26/09

Manuel’s Musing for June 25

Philosophical Jerry Manuel “He keep hitting, he keep playing.”

-Jerry Manuel on Nick Evans

6/25/09

Manuel’s Musing for June 24

Philosophical Jerry Manuel “It looks like his ball really gets on guys.”

-Jerry Manuel on Fernando Nieve

6/24/09

Manuel’s Musing for June 23

Philosophical Jerry Manuel “We need a couple guys to get hot, and we'll have to manage around that.  Right now, we don't have that going on right now.”

-Jerry Manuel

6/23/09

Manuel’s Musing for June 22

Philosophical Jerry Manuel “We have to believe.  We have to be optimistic that we can stay competitive.  We have to guard against that particular mind-set that might permeate in the clubhouse that, man, there's not much left.”

-Jerry Manuel

6/22/09

Manuel’s Musing(s) for June 21

Philosophical Jerry “I felt that offensively we could still score on their bullpen.  I was obviously wrong about that.”

-Jerry Manuel on the Rays bullpen

“I've probably, to a fault, used them too much.  What I have to do is probably trust the other people I have down there. If I'm not trusting them, then I should find someone else.”

-Jerry Manuel on his own bullpen

“I'll be honest with you: I can't figure it out.  I really don't have [an explanation].”

-Jerry Manuel on David Wright’s offensive season

6/21/09

Manuel’s Musing for June 20

Philosophical Jerry “When I come to the park, I come to play.”

-Jerry Manuel on rainouts.

6/20/09

Manuel’s Musing for June 19

Philosophical Jerry “It's been a tremendous surprise, obviously a pleasant one.”

-Jerry Manuel on Fernando Nieve

6/19/09

Manuel’s Musing for June 18

Philosophical Jerry “From a team point of view, it's just something that you have to deal with.  I don't get too - with the way things have gone, I'm almost kind of hardened.”

-Jerry Manuel

6/18/09

Manuel’s Musing for June 17

Philosophical Jerry “Our thing is to bob and weave and jab, and they be hitting us with body blows.”

-Jerry Manuel on…something?

6/17/09

Manuel’s Musing for June 16

Philisophical Jerry “I don't laugh at those.  It's a nightmare and I wake up sweating.  But it's a part of baseball. In the course of 162, everybody gets their breaks and all those things even out, for the most part.”

-Jerry Manuel on Aubrey Huff’s error (similar to Luis Castillo’s error a few days earlier)

6/15/09

Manuel’s Musing for June 14

Philosophical Jerry “Everybody hits a little bump in the road now and then.”

-Jerry Manuel on Johan Santana’s disaster of a start

6/14/09

Manuel’s Musing for June 13

Philosophical Jerry “We have had some serious defeats since I've been here.”

-Jerry Manuel

6/13/09

Manuel’s Musing for June 12

Coach “We'll stick together. We're a team. We win together, we lose together. We'll have to fight through this.”

-Jerry Manuel on last night’s loss

6/12/09

Manuel’s Musing for June 11

81605141JG001_Mets_Name_Jer “I didn't have any other choices
at that point,”

-Jerry Manuel on his decision to use
Ken Takahashi in the 10th inning

6/11/09

Manuel’s Musing for June 10

81605141JG001_Mets_Name_Jer “It's good for the rivalry. It's good for baseball.”

-Jerry Manuel on the Mets/Phillies rivalry

6/10/09

Manuel’s Musing for June 9

81605141JG001_Mets_Name_Jer “It was nothing.  He’s constantly competing.”

-Jerry Manuel on Johan Santana’s resistance to coming out of the game last night against the Phillies