John Gibbons Pitching Quotations

He was dynamite, he had it all. His fastball, he threw a good breaking-ball, then his change-up. He threw from behind in the count. He's pitching beyond his age, that's for sure.

We looked like a team tonight. It's the first time we have had our whole lineup out there and, yeah, the pitching was solid.

Our pitching (staff), we haven't had a whole lot of breathing room out there. The last couple of weeks, every pitch is meaningful.

We'll look at it and see who is pitching the best when that time comes. The thing that he does is give us flexibility. If he's in the bullpen, he makes us that much stronger down there. But if he keeps doing what he's doing ...

When you're playing certain teams in the league, you know you've got to score. We scored five last night and then five in one inning tonight. You know you have to do that, and the pitching did a nice job. But, yeah, the add-on runs are key.

As good as the team has played he feels if he's around we're that much better. That frustrates him, he's the leader of the pitching staff.

He's really stepped in and done a nice job for us. The guy can pitch and we knew that. Our pitching the entire game was outstanding.

It's hard to describe his outing. He was pitching OK in spots,

You win together you lose together ... That offence has carried this pitching many times this year.

There were days in spring training when I would approach him after he got a couple of at bats and ask him if he had had enough. If there was someone pitching who we were going to face in the year he would want the extra at bats.

The longer you're around, guys see you enough, you figure some guys out. They've got good arms, they've got the stuff to get guys out regardless. It's all about locating and pitching ahead.