Daily Archives: June 14, 2009
Jerry Manuel, in his post game press conference yesterday told reporters that he “sensed there was an urgency to play well. We all know to a man how difficult it has been for Luis…they felt an urgency to play well.”
…while there was a sense of urgency to perform yesterday, it was also impressive that they could do so and play as relaxed as it appeared they were playing…
In addition, Manuel was very pleased with the performance of Fernando Nieve, adding that he “thought the biggest key for (Nieve) today was to pitch (inside) and there were times when he threw his secondary pitches from behind in the count for strikes…he was very impressive.”
…I would expect that we will be seeing Nieve start at least another game. He was real good against one of the toughest lineups in Baseball…
In the clubhouse, Luis Castillo told reporters that he feels “good right now, I feel better…today that’s a big game for us. We win this game today and we feel better.”
…Castillo has had a great bounce back season so far and I would hate to see what he has accomplished get erased by that dropped pop up. I was really happy to see him play as well as he did after what happened to him the night before. It was a great sign from him…
