| Quotes |
| Jack on.... |
| on Jack... |
| Mike Lincoln: |
| Mike Williams: |
| "His pop? He must be eating his Wheaties," |
| "All jittery all the time," Lincoln said. "If he's awake, he's got all gears running." |
| "Willie, he's money," Wilson said. "He's got ice-cold blood." |
| Pokey Reese: |
| "I love Jack. It's like we've been playing for years together," |
| Pokey Reese: |
| "When someone that good is willing to put all that effort into making himself better, that's awesome," |
| Nashville Manager Marty Brown: |
| "I saw a young man who wasn't having any fun," "Jack just needed to relax and be Jack. It's a game. You're supposed to have fun playing it." |
| "He's a playmaker," "He has the attitude you like to see in young players. But there's not always a straight-line progression when it comes to improvement." |
| General Manager Dave Littlefield: |
| Todd Ritchie |
| "a good, little player." |
| Bill Mazeroski: |
| "a comer,""He can play the game, that's for sure." |
| Jimmy Anderson: |
| "Jack and Pokey are all over the place,""That gives me a lot more confidence with them sitting back there catching the ball and throwing it over." |
| The coaches: |
| They're doing a great job," Wilson said. "They're giving [second baseman] Pokey [Reese] and me a lot to do, a lot of ground balls. This is fun" |
| "He's a young kid. He's still growing offensively. He'll have his ups and downs. We just have to be patient with him." |
| Lloyd McClendon: |
| Himself: |
| "I just want to be better. I'm anxious to get started. That's why I'm here," |
| "I lost my strength and hit the wall at the end," |
| "I'm not going to hit a lot of home runs. You guys know that, "I'm just hitting it on the sweet spot, and it's jumping off my bat more. I'm just seeing the ball well, squaring it up pretty good, hitting the ball solid." |
| Aramis Ramirez: |
| Rammy," Wilson began. "I want to go to right field, I look away, and they bust me in and I get jammed. I think they're going to bust me in, I look in, and they throw me away and I don't have a shot. What am I doing?" Aramis Ramirez, who throws words around as if they were manhole covers, offered four simple words of advice: "Don't think, just swing."And there you have it. Wherever the ball's thrown, you hit it," Wilson said, expounding on his quick lesson. "Why make it so complicated? That's why he's such a good hitter; he doesn't think." |
| on Jack's... |
| Defense: |
| "Just keep the ball on the ground. Me and Jack are going to try to get to everything." |
| Pokey Reese: |
| "Me and Jack can work some magic up the middle," Reese said. "If you keep the ball on the ground, me and Jack can help you in a lot of ways. I just love going to get the ball. I bring a lot of enthusiasm to the game. I play hard. When I get between the lines, I'm going to do everything possible to help my team win." |
| Offense: |
| "I think we all know Jack is a very capable defensive player. It's certainly frustrating at times. It doesn't seem like the focus is all there,""Great defensive players need to get in the groove, also. Right now, he's in a little bit of a funk. But I'm sure he'll come out of it real soon." |
| Lloyd McClendon: |
| Lloyd McClendon: |
| "I think he's a lot stronger,""I think he's starting to get in the groove defensively as well." |
| "I just basically changed my approach to hitting. Instead of trying to get hits, I'm just trying to hit the ball hard,I don't want to be known just as a defensive player."I like to play defense, and it's probably my favorite thing in this game. But I've always hit in the minor leagues. And I felt like I didn't hit well last year. I felt like my whole approach was pretty crappy. I didn't swing the bat the way I should have." |
| Himself: |
| It'd be different if they were high fly balls that were home runs. Three of the four have been line drives. That's what I want. I'm just cutting under the ball a little more, and it's flying out of the yard," he said. "A lot of those balls won't go out at PNC, but maybe I can get a line drive or two off the wall." |
| I tell Jack Wilson I'm going to try to get everything" |
| "Jack's been playing intelligently,""He's using the whole field, he's taking more pitches. He's certainly a lot further along than I thought he'd be at this time." |