Ozzie Guillen Pitch Quotations

Freddy likes to compete. The Detroit Tigers, to me are the best lineup in the Central, no doubt about it. (Garcia) likes to get himself to the next level. He likes to pitch in big games. You want to face good hitters? You face the Detroit Tigers.

I think I'll be the first manager to catch a first pitch in the World Series,

We didn't pitch well at all, and that was the game.

We didn't pitch well. He left a couple pitches hanging against a pretty good ball club. The effort overall wasn't there to win the game.

That's why I picked Freddy to pitch in the road trip. Hopefully, he continues to do what he's been doing all year long.

I know with the staff we have that we will pitch better.

I'm the one who makes the decisions. But right now, you ask me who is going to pitch in the ninth or the last inning to save the game, and I'm going to say Jenks.

The last three innings, he was outstanding. His pitch count was low, he was getting people out right away.

The game will dictate whether they will pitch long if I will pinch-hit for him,

It was fun to watch him pitch here.

We will sit down and talk and right now we're not in a six-man rotation, ... It's not easy, but it will be a real interesting talk. Maybe the guys want to pitch with five days' rest and not four and we can sneak him in and hopefully he can pitch the way he is.

We were one pitch to get out of the inning, and we didn't get it done.

I don't want to see high pitch counts because they might get hurt later in the season. Last year, they played another month of baseball that they never did before. I'm trying to keep the pitch counts low to keep them fresh. If you throw 130-140, in the end you'll pay. Don't overdue it.

Great job, wow. I think McCarthy was the star of the game. He did a tremendous job. He saved my bullpen. That's one of the reasons we brought this kid. We know he can pitch at this level. We have to be careful with how we use him, but he threw the ball extremely well.

Before, he tried to pitch and he couldn't keep his breaking ball over the plate. Fastball, his location was pretty poor. Now he's starting to get it together.