Bob Brenly Quotations

But as a staff, we were able to spend more time on a few more things.

He sees everything. With his experience, these young pitchers would have to be idiots not to sit next to him every day and see what he sees.

I think it provides an unfair advantage to the hitters.

I think the biggest problem is what appears to be a lack of concentration and a lack of focus.

I was in Frank's office, and we were going over all the Reds' hitters,

I think he's got a wide enough variety of pitches that familiarity won't be a problem.

When teams bang him around like they did tonight, it's surprising. But everyone's allowed a speed bump every once in a while.

You have no idea how lucky you are.

We've come to expect the unexpected around here.

Well, how hard is that to get? ... There are a lot of guys wearing body armor who haven't been injured in years.

Everything was as good as it could possibly be. Everything he's done up to this point pales in comparison.

The way he's been pitching, ... he could be pushing the Big Two.

The veteran players wanted to make sure I knew what I was doing, that I was on top of things, that I didn't get flabbergasted.

There were egos to salve. Guys to pat on the back. Some guys to kick in the butt. I really didn't have to crack a whip a whole lot, but ?

It wasn't that difficult for me because I had such a veteran team,

The lack of experience I think can be overrated, ... Speaking specifically of Girardi, this is a guy that caught and played for a variety of managers at the major league level and sat at the right hand of Joe Torre. I think the experiences that he's had lend themselves well to taking that manager's seat (for the Marlins).

I'm pretty sure Tony has already been ejected from this ballgame,

If Grace stomps to the clubhouse, fires his batting helmet, ... I'm probably going to lose every veteran on the team.

I definitely think he is, ... Athletes have to have a certain amount of pride to compete at the level they compete at. Randy is a very prideful athlete.

I don't think he derived a whole lot of satisfaction from being a closer. It just didn't ring his bell. We think giving him a job he wants, we think he could be something special.

He's managed some teams that were out of it on May 20, ... so maybe he is the voice of experience.