John Gibbons Breaking Quotations

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

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.

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.

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

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.