John Gibbons Break Quotations

We just want to break it up for them a little bit. Get them out there facing some competition. It revs things up a little bit.

Bush was outstanding tonight. He had a good breaking ball. He had that hard crisp one. We definitely needed that, no question.

He settled in with that breaking ball (after the first inning) and we couldn't do much with it.

One run wasn't going to do it, anyway. We caught a break on the force at second and they got one there. It's a wash.

He's become a better pitcher. He's throwing more strikes. He's got a better feel for that breaking ball now, and he's locating his fastball better. He's ahead more and he's been real tough on right-handers.

It breaks it up a little bit -- gets them out there to face some competition. It gets the guys on the mound seeing hitters that are swinging and working on making some pitches. It revs things up a little bit.

He looked really good the first inning, he was getting his breaking ball over. Then he kind of lost his feel for the strike zone.

He can overpower you. He's got that big, hard breaking ball that's tough to do anything with when he gets ahead.

The first start of the year, there's a lot of focus on him. He wasn't hitting with his breaking ball. His command was off. That was all. He was in and out. He'd move the pitches and then he'd lose it. But he was OK.

It was the break we needed, put it that way,