Chris Chambliss Quotations

The main reason I showed him that wasn't even about copying Albert or anything. It was more the balance part of it. Albert has great balance. His body is not jumping and that means his head is not jumping. When your head is not jumping, you see the ball better.

That's the good part. When he returns, we'll get him as many at-bats as we can. Hitters are able to get ready faster than pitchers.

We can't change it now. Obviously, it would be better if he was playing.

You have no time to think about your footwork. You have to anticipate quickly. If you're late with the footwork, try to get it after the play is halfway over, it's too late.

What he's doing now, he has proven he could do that over his whole career. He has worked hard to get back and now he's happy, healthy and used to playing the way he always has.

It's out of our hands. But it's not the ideal situation.

But if he's able to consistently wait on the ball and see it a little longer and have a shorter stroke to the ball, the strikeouts can be cut down without losing his great power.

Every pinch-hit at-bat is like the first at-bat of spring training every year, like starting over every at-bat and it's a tough, tough job.

His bat speed is as good as I've ever seen it. But it isn't a matter of getting back to where he was 13 years ago. It's a matter of being the best that he can be right now, and he is.

Junior sets a good example with the way he works in BP. He hits the ball all over. He could pull everything and hit long home runs. But he works on driving the ball to left and center. Adam (Dunn) and (Austin) Kearns have picked up on that.