Larry Parrish
Larry Parrish
Larry Alton Parrishis a former Major League Baseball third baseman and manager. Parrish played with the Montreal Expos, Texas Rangersand Boston Red Sox. He also played two seasons in Japan, for the Yakult Swallowsand the Hanshin Tigers. He also served as manager of the Detroit Tigers...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth10 November 1953
god time
God, that is a long time ago. It's not everything, but it's a start.
people pressure situation strikes throw
To come in and throw strikes and get people out in a pressure situation like this was just outstanding. He showed a lot of poise.
brings guy special valuable whether
He's a valuable guy to have on your club. Whether he's playing, working with the other infielders, or on the bench, he brings a lot of energy. He's a special kid.
across balls basically fifth hit matter middle pitch playing threw tonight
Basically tonight we just did not pitch very well. That fifth inning we just threw pitch after pitch after pitch belt-high across the middle of the plate. Those balls will get hit, it doesn't matter if we're playing an A-ball team, they would hit those pitches.
ball changed
He located the ball well, pitched in and out, changed speeds, made it look easy.
good trying
He's been working hard. We're trying to get him going. It's good for him to have success.
hit rather walking
He's been walking a lot. We'd rather he hit it out of the ballpark, but other than that a walk's all right.
both good runs score time
He's pitched well in both starts. We just didn't score any runs for him in his first outing. Any time you go out there and give up one run in two starts, that's a pretty good job.
behind help plate strikes watched
He didn't get a lot of help behind the plate the other night, either. I watched the film, and there were a lot of strikes that he didn't get.
davis easily five four games giving runs scoring swinging three threw won
I thought Davis threw pretty good. He pitched better than giving up three runs. In the five games we've played, we could have won four of them easily if we were scoring runs and swinging the bats.
bases chances hit
We had a lot of chances to score, but we can't get a hit with the bases loaded. I think we're 0-for-the-year with the bases loaded.
bit fill solid step
That's unfortunate, because he's a solid guy. Somebody's going to have to step it up a little bit and fill that role.
along expect guys leagues maybe pulled team trademark
You don't expect guys that's in the big leagues to come down here and try to be a part of our team again, and see us do well, and maybe go all the way. That's been the trademark of this club, how well they've got along and pulled for each other all year.
behind leaving three tough
That was a tough one to lose. We thought about leaving Gardner in, but he hadn't pitched in three weeks. We were kind of behind the 8-ball there, and we did what we had to do.