If you rescue him every time, you'll have to rescue him all the time. If you leave him out there, you learn about them or they become a pitcher by coming through. He can say, 'I can handle the situation,' but until you've been in the situation, you don't know if you can handle it or not.
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What are you going to do when a guy throws a ball up around your head ... Tony said we hit Edgar Renteria in the first inning and he was hitting .500 and I said, 'No way in heck were we trying to hit Renteria to load the bases up with a 1-0 lead, especially with Tino Martinez coming up.' That didn't make any sense to me.Dusty Baker
Everyone has a budget, I don't care who you are. But they said if we are in a pennant race in the middle of the summer they are going to get some help with added payroll.
Dusty Baker
It takes awhile. I'm glad all these guys are here. They've been doing a lot of drills. They've been doing a lot of things. You've got verbal direction instructions to each other. ... It's a unit you want to get together as quickly as possible, especially on defense.
Dusty Baker
Maybe I shouldn't have cursed. I had just given him the highest compliment last week when I said he's one of the pitchers I respect most in the league, because he doesn't clown, he doesn't showboat. He just pitches.
Dusty Baker
My hope doesn't need reinvigorating. I had hope regardless.
Dusty Baker
Every time I think about giving him an off-day, he hits two or three home runs. Maybe I'll start thinking about that off-day. You don't want to give him time off against the Cardinals.
Dusty Baker
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