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The first couple of innings, he was struggling with his mechanics. He had trouble throwing strikes. It was not typical of his outings so far, but to his credit, he settled down and pitched very well the rest of the way.


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MIKE HARGROVE We got too far behind.
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MIKE HARGROVE That was the big out of the inning. You get one out in that situation and there's a few things you c...
MIKE HARGROVE He was only supposed to go two innings, but the way he threw, we stretched him out to three. He had ...
MIKE HARGROVE We've made a substantial amount of change, but no one is going to be thrown out of the street.
BUZZ HARGROVE We've made a substantial amount of change, but no one is going to be thrown out on the street.
BUZZ HARGROVE It shows that even in tough bargaining, if the union and the company meet their responsibilities, a ...
BUZZ HARGROVE It's going to strike a lot of Windsor families today when they get this news.
BUZZ HARGROVE working on finalizing an agreement that balances the needs of the CAW, our employees and the company...
BUZZ HARGROVE I think that was a short-term view of the values of Canada.
BUZZ HARGROVE This has been a very difficult and challenging set of negotiations with General Motors. The challeng...
BUZZ HARGROVE We're certainly working towards a settlement and quite frankly, I'd like to do it before the 20th, g...
BUZZ HARGROVE Every member of our union realizes it's not business as usual anymore.
BUZZ HARGROVE Given the current economic context that we're in, this is not the richest-ever agreement that we hav...
BUZZ HARGROVE It's a major restructuring. I don't want to downplay it,
BUZZ HARGROVE You can't sit here and blame field position, because that's what we get paid to do, stop them. No ma...
ANTHONY HARGROVE they build in Tokyo. They build in Hiroshima. They build anywhere they find a big enough dock to shi...
BUZZ HARGROVE It was a tough set of bargaining, ... To get that kind of endorsement from the membership is just ex...
BUZZ HARGROVE They're demanding major outsourcing of our jobs, not because they need it but because they think the...
BUZZ HARGROVE That means two or three more vehicles per shift,
BUZZ HARGROVE I don't want to downplay what Cordiano and those guys did ... but at no time in the discussions did ...
BUZZ HARGROVE We faced one of the most difficult challenges in bargaining that we have in a good many years.
BUZZ HARGROVE Right now, as the president of the union, I'm looking to moving to DaimlerChrysler,
BUZZ HARGROVE Chrysler made it very clear to us when we were doing our probing to try to find out where we could g...
BUZZ HARGROVE Chrysler made it very clear to us when we were doing our probing, to try to find out where we could ...
BUZZ HARGROVE Chrysler made it very clear to us when we were doing our probing, to try to find out where we could ...
BUZZ HARGROVE We got no assistance from the Red Cross, period. Not from the local, state or national chapters.
GARY HARGROVE I'm not very optimistic at this point, ... The big thing is the demand on jobs that they have, on ou...
BUZZ HARGROVE That's just the love here in St. Louis. They're just crazy about their teams.
ANTHONY HARGROVE To me, it's just like going against 'Big O' (Orlando Pace) every day, ... Now, I get to face 'Big O'...
ANTHONY HARGROVE I just try to be a comfort to everybody if they have any family in the area. I'm kind of preparing t...
ANTHONY HARGROVE Somebody's going to end up 0-2 this week. We just hope it's not us.
ANTHONY HARGROVE For our organization it's a rivalry game, because every year it's always a battle for the division. ...
ANTHONY HARGROVE That's a tough one, ... I really couldn't put a finger on it.
ANTHONY HARGROVE I was totally shocked when I didn't see him out there. I really didn't realize it till we started do...
ANTHONY HARGROVE We've still got a ways to go. We're not at Max Q; we're at Max L.
ANTHONY HARGROVE We just haven't reached our potential yet. We haven't reached Max Q yet.
ANTHONY HARGROVE We're not afraid of change, we embrace change. But not at the expense of our members and their famil...
BUZZ HARGROVE It's become more difficult than we anticipated.
BUZZ HARGROVE