Larry Rothschild Time Quotations

Obviously, I think at some point an organization has to look at the importance of stability. I don't think Cubs have ever really spent time doing that. There's always been a big turnover in personalities.

From the time he started throwing the ball all the way through the mound, you could see there was more quickness to his arm and he looked more comfortable throwing the ball.

He was overthrowing a little bit. He was trying to do a lot of things that he does during the season, but it's the second time out and the conditions are a lot different. As long as he comes out of it healthy, that's the primary thing.

He didn't talk me into it. We'll go at least one more time with what we're doing.

He looked OK for where we are. We'll pick it up next time and keep building on it. Today was just to get him on the mound and get him going.

He finished up pretty strong. Everything's where we thought it would be. We'll pick it up the next time and keep building on it.

We'll know more when he's not just throwing batting practice the next time out.

It would be nice to have them here because the first couple weeks of games we spend a lot of time going over how we approach things. We have meetings every day, and they won't be here for them. But we'll manage and adjust. We have no choice.

Any time you have gone through surgery, once you get back on the mound the first time, it's a little different feeling. Yeah, it was a pretty step.

He started throwing some breaking balls. We'll probably go at least one more time with what we're doing.

The two months that I'm in Spring Training is tough. The family obligation weighed heavily. We spent a lot of time talking about that. The truth of the matter is during spring, I'm at the ballpark the majority of days for 12, 15 hours. I wouldn't get a whole lot of time with them.

Then we'll see if we can get him into some sort of games. It's time for him to progress a little bit.

It may be one time around the rotation that he's set back, but hopefully that's the way it works out.

He shows us the ability to throw strikes any time in the count. He has a high level of concentration on every pitch, and that's something we like. Because of his experience, he has an excellent chance to be in the rotation. The ball is really in his court.