My job is to get pitchers better. Walking into the Atlanta Braves organization, you know the history and the success the staffs have had here. It's a task I'm looking forward to the challenge of.
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Obviously you'd like to have everybody throwing up zeroes all the time. But that can't happen. Pitchers can go into slumps just like hitters. For whatever reason, sometimes they do it collectively.Roger McDowell
I wouldn't take back anything that I have done because it's who I am. I like to make people laugh. But I'm not a player anymore. I'm a coach, and it's a different job. I want to do my job, and that's to get 11 or 12 pitchers ready to pitch a game.
Roger McDowell
We don't always talk baseball. I want to know everything about these guys. I feel that if I know them, I can be a better coach.
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Obviously, this is exciting. It's special. No, make that real special, given the history of this organization with its pitching and all the winning. There are a lot of good pitchers here. And how many consecutive division titles have they won Fourteen.
Roger McDowell
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