John Gibbons Hoping Quotations

It would be a big blow if it's something serious. We're hoping not. But I mean, even if it's nothing serious it's going to set him back. We don't know for how long. I mean, we're pulling for the kid. And if it's something serious, then we've got to make adjustments like we did last year.

I tell you, he is a heck of a player. We were hoping he was going to fling that ball into the stands in the ninth.

We're hoping he can give us a little spark with his bat when Gregg Zaun doesn't play. He's part of the future.

I think they all know the expectations. The last few years that I've been here, you came in just hoping you would improve on the previous year. ... This year, we made some key additions, and you add that to what we did last year, and there's some optimism.

We are hoping it's not. Even if it's not something serious, it's going to set him back a little bit anyways.

We knew what we needed to do to improve. We targeted some guys and we were hoping to get one or two of them. You never expect to get your whole wish list and we almost did that.