They're giving us a chance. You know the old saying, don't let a guy hang around. If you have a chance to knock him out, knock him out. They've had a chance to knock us out.
The way we're going, ... if I called up another pitcher, he'd just hang up the phone on me.
We started making subtle changes during the course of that (1988) season and got prepared for '89,
That way it's not hanging out there coming in out of the blue and I'd have to sit down. I don't want to sit down now. But it may not be a bad time.
It was probably the best game he's pitched in the last five or six ball games. His knee is getting better each start, and he is getting back to where he normally would be: that is hitting the corners with his pitches and changing speeds.
It's really just not fair for the coaching staff, to hang them out there. That's worse than saying, 'You're fired.' Because then they know they have to go look for a job.
I said the other day that they are going to let us hang around here and let us win this thing,
I just wanted to get it out of the way. That way it's not hanging out there in the blue.
I don't think that will have an effect on what his thinking is as far as the situation and the decision he will make once he gets back here. Because of him going over there and them not playing him, I don't think that will change his mind.
You know the old saying, 'Don't let a guy hang around if you have a chance to knock him out.' They had a chance knock us out the entire second half of the season and they haven't done it yet. Maybe, we'll bounce back off the ropes, get off the canvas and win this thing.