John Gibbons
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And the easy thing to do is get out of the zone, you know, and chase out of the zone, and that gets everybody in trouble.
But, you know, naturally, he's a big guy, so he's got a longer swing, so he's got to get it going a little bit sooner.
But, you know, he had 40-plus home runs last year, so it's in there.
But I think that would help him.
You know, I'm not the hitting guy, but that's what stands out to me.
Okay.
They're not good.
I don't know where we're ranked, you know, but my opinion is I think we've done a pretty good job most of the time.
I kind of enjoy it.
You know, I do think it's important to get a call right.
When it first came out, I thought, you know what?
No, I'm an old purist.
I don't like it.
But I think now it's a little bit entertaining, and it can swing a game.
There's no question about it.
It does put a little pressure on those umpires.
There's no doubt about that.
I think the way we try to approach it is, hey, it's got to be a meaningful part of the game.
If you're leading off the game and it's the first pitch of the game, let's go.
We have had that one, by the way.