Today's managers don't give the starting pitcher a chance. Maybe this White Sox staff has re-proved something that was true all along. If the pitcher's in good shape, and he hasn't allowed too many runs, he can and should go all nine.
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Related I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES It may re-open some eyes and ears to the fact that pitchers can and should go nine innings, CARL ERSKINE He was one of the greatest pitchers of all time. He (was) the smartest pitcher I've ever seen. HONUS WAGNER He can really go the distance, and that's something you like to see in pitchers. Our pitching staff ... JAY STONE We are delighted to have our top starting pitcher back from last year. He is one of the top pitchers... HAL LANIER The water is starting to go down, and unless we get too much rain this week, the rivers should be in... DAN MANNOR He did great. You never want your pitcher to go out and give up three runs in the very beginning, bu... BOB MCCREARY That kid is coming along pretty good. He runs pretty well for his size. He has a good arm. He is goi... JOSE CARDENAL From a level of mental toughness and competitiveness, he has kind of reframed the standard for all o... MARK SHAPIRO All nine are alive, and we believe that all nine are in pretty good shape, MARK SCHWEIKER Our pitching has definitely carried us. All three go out and compete and give a chance to win on mos... ASHLEY BURNETT I thought he should have realized sooner that important people don't show up very often, and you sho... LORRAINE ZAGO ROSENTHAL Jeff Stallings was one of the top pitchers in the conference. We lost him towards the end of last ye... ELLIOTT AVENT I told [GM] Roland Hemond to go out and get me a big name pitcher. He said, 'Dave Wehrmeister's got ... EDDIE EICHORN Give a human being power, and he will think that he can control the whole world! This is the true ro... PHILIP T. M. I think he proved to everybody what I've been saying all along: He's the player of the year in this ... BOB TURCO Too many pitchers, that's all, there are just too many pitchers Ten or twelve on a team. Don't see h... CY YOUNG If a guy has a really good success pattern, I'll go along with him if he says he can go to the moon ... RAYMOND HERZOG He didn't get too many calls. He has to just keep taking it to the hole and maybe he'll get some cal... JASON KIDD He's one of the best pitchers in the game. Every time he's out there, he doesn't make too many mista... JASON LARUE He's one of the best pitchers in the game, ... Every time he's out there, he doesn't make too many m... JASON LANE I think that the kids proved to themselves that they can play against a quality team that not too ma... BRIAN PRITTS I felt with God behind him, he would have a good chance to win. I knew all along that he was fast en... IVAN VENIKOV I've said many times, ever since I got traded to Montreal, to give that guy room and give him a chan... ALEXEI KOVALEV You gotta give [Moss] some credit. He's a big league pitcher. He knows what he's doing at all times.... TOREY LOVULLO I give [Tomes] a lot of credit. I called him this morning when he was in class and told him he was g... BRUCE MARSHALL Too many pitchers, that's all, there are just too many pitchers Ten or twelve on a team. Don'... CY YOUNG He's a proud guy, and he wanted to show that last season was an aberration. So he got a personal tra... DICK POLE We were shown all the scenarios after the game and we were kind of in awe. A lot of guys thought it ... JOHNNY DAMON If the white man wants to live in peace with the Indian he can live in peace. There need be no troub... CHIEF JOSEPH We had a good talk with the coaches, and he said he would be fighting for one of the starting guard ... DAVID MANNING That will determine whether he should go aggressive or conservative, whether he should go for growth... DENNIS YAW We're really pleased. He's been very vocal to our staff, that he's here to serve them. He puts the l... BRYAN PRICE If we can get Lance playing even better than he did last year and Josh even close to what he was, I ... RALPH FRIEDGEN It was too bad he couldn't go longer than five innings. But he did a good job, but the manager wante... CHAN HO PARK Maybe we should have a town meeting for all Sox fans. DAN SHERMAN Give a human being power, and he or she will think that he or she can control the whole world! This ... PHILIP T. M. He's a competitor and has great belief in himself. You can tell that on the mound. He's got that loo... BILL BRYK The true god has no beginning and has no end, it was not begotten and cannot beget, it cannot die an... BANGAMBIKI HABYARIMANA The Americans are at home and we are away. He's had a change of scenery and a change in racing condi... LUCA CUMANI Carl Yastrzemski was the best all-around player. He could run, throw and hit. He had the ability to ... AL KALINE I really believe God has put me in the entertainment business, and he's taken real good care of ... AUSTIN O'BRIEN Not," Swift said firmly, "for all the tea in China." "That expression has never made sense to m... LISA KLEYPAS I was hurting on pitching with two pitchers missing so I threw Grant out there and he did great -- h... CRAIG LAMBERT Cheney was among the best secretaries of defence the country has ever had. He was a very effective W... BARTON GELLMAN I always liked him when he was with the White Sox, BRUCE BOCHY He's just a starting pitcher. He's got three pitches, and he can throw them all for strikes. With hi... BRIAN MCCANN He was one of the youngest starting pitchers in the International League last year. He had some real... BEN CHERINGTON We were of the opinion that he was a danger to the public and that he should not be allowed to remai... JANIS FERGUSSON He's a bulldog on the mound. He's a great pitcher. The difference between him and other pitchers is ... BRIAN JEROLOMAN The problem, of course, was that [he] saw the world in black and white. And he got to decide what wa... KHALED HOSSEINI Dont try to go too fast. Learn your job. Dont ever talk until you know what youre talking about. If ... SAM RAYBURN He has proved himself one of the great Celtic managers, and his place in the history of the club is ... BRIAN QUINN This is a good experience for the students to get involved in. It can become intense and stressful, ... BILL BARBER Being present is being connected to All Things. S. KELLEY HARRELL, M. DIV. They can't yank a novelist like they can a pitcher. A novelist has to go the full nine, even if it k... ERNEST HEMINGWAY Never has the US had a President that was so better understood and respected in Europe. He has prove... LEO BRINCAT So far this year that's one thing we've been good at. We come out of the chute and put some runs on ... JASON REPKO All knowledge should sound simple. If it's too complicated too understand and there's too many if an... BRANDON JAMES We like his energy, size and I think he'll be a very good defender under Jeff (Van Gundy) and the co... CARROLL DAWSON He was one of the toughest pitchers we faced all year. He had heat and he threw a slider. The first ... JACK STURGEON He's just that good. It doesn't matter if he starts or relieves or closes or whatever. He has great ... BRENDAN DONNELLY A torn rotator cuff is a cancer for a pitcher and if a pitcher gets a badly torn one, he has to face... DON DRYSDALE I thought it was one of those games where he was going to go all the way, ... He was really pumped u... MARIANO RIVERA Josh once again just proved that he is one of the better pitchers in this area. He's proven this ove... ERIC WAGMAN I thought the biggest thing of the game tonight for our guys, and I give them a lot of credit, was a... ELLIOTT AVENT It feels good that the coaching staff has confidence in me to play me that late in the game and give... MATEEN CLEAVES But it is a blessed provision of nature that at times like these, as soon as a man's mercury has got... MARK TWAIN When you have a pitcher as gifted as Tyler, you've got to like your chances. He throws strikes, he h... STEVE FARRINGTON The family was a team. All the children were very good. He maybe had a chance for two children to be... ANDREI KOZLOV From Day One when we recruited him, my job was to get him to the NBA. And he has said all along that... ERNIE KENT We gave them way too many outs. This game is hard enough when you give them 21 outs. Dusty threw the... DAVE KLONTZ He has been with other teams, too, so it's not like he was the face of the Red Sox. He had a couple ... BERNIE WILLIAMS He was really recruited by the other staff. But he had made a commitment and this was where he reall... BRADY HOKE I had the chance to play with Edgar Martinez , and he reminds me of him. The one thing I can tell yo... CARLOS GUILLEN I figured that pitchers had a better chance of getting drafted than fielders, so I decided I should ... DWIGHT GOODEN If a hitter has been in a slump, he should not be trying to hit home runs. They should go for double... HOWARD BRAGMAN I want to thank all the pitchers who couldn't go nine innings, and manager Dick Howser who wouldn't ... DAN QUISENBERRY If he's having second thoughts, maybe your column and a look at Posada's Web site will persuade him ... MIKE MCCORMICK Olson runs very hard and Cheers is not very big, but he can pop things off quick. If he finds a hole... ALAN SORENSEN Luke's a pitcher. There are not many 'pitchers' around. He had to work at the end, but he worked thr... JACK BROOKS I'm really happy. We have such a good race car, and now we have the chance to be starting close to t... BRIAN FRISSELLE The staff, stage managers, ushers all behaved as if they respected the actors. ESTELLE PARSONS He sees daily evidence that many things held to be true by nine-tenths of all men are, in reality, f... H.L. MENCKEN If a man can bridge the gap between life and death,if he can live after he's died, then maybe he was... JAMES DEAN He's not the only great pitcher on that staff. But we've got great pitching, too. We've got Roy read... LANCE BERKMAN We have a veteran bullpen, which is good because we have a young starting staff. I was happy with ou... DAN CARLSON This is not justified. It was all wrong. The boy was coming in and all he wanted to do was tell his ... CLYDE EVANS If a man is alive, there is always danger that he may die, though the danger must be allowed to be l... HENRY DAVID THOREAU But I love the way the Sox put trust in their starting pitchers. They kept their pitch counts low an... BUD WITHERS Alex didn't play at all last year, maybe he should of. In the spring we knew he was special and he g... JACK HUNT It will give us a chance to look at all three of our pitchers. It will be very good for us. CYNTHIA ZEA We've had good reports on him the last couple of years. He's a tall (6-foot-4), athletic pitcher who... JON DANIELS This was only Carl Roll's second game of the season. He really played good. BILL TORNI He came in prepared and in good shape. When you come in as good of shape as he was, you can take tho... BRIAN VILORIA We had a lot going. We took some good swings this series. To do it against a staff like the White So... MIKE SCIOSCIA I think it's a good staff, to be honest with you. You have two former managers on it -- and one guy ... ANDY VAN SLYKE In it he proves that all things are true and states how the truths of all contradictions may be reco... SAVINIEN CYRANO DE BERGERAC ..something like that make me feel what Rhonda, what Farrakhan, say - there is a god. But me when I ... SAPPHIRE He gets a cradle in that situation a lot. The other kid has a leg and thinks he's in good shape, the... DOUG RINE
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