143 Quotes by Dave Duncan

We'll see how patient they are in St. Louis. If they're the same, I'll be impressed.

The expectations were probably unrealistic. He was looked at under the microscope. ... It's lot of pressure on him because everybody thinks that he's getting special favors because he's the son of a coach. In reality, it's just the opposite. People are careful not to give the impression they are doing something special for him.

We thought Marquis would be very valuable to us in the bullpen. He can be used in a lot of different situations, and often. I would be surprised if he doesn't pitch quite a bit yet in this series.

We think we're a pitching-strong team. Our guys aren't doing anything they don't expect to do.

When you have a number of guys expressing concern, naturally you share their concern. And there's not much you can do about it other than get frustrated and maybe scream and holler a little bit. But you certainly can't change it. You'd like to think you're getting a fair shake. It has the appearance of being one-sided. And over the course of the game that kind of weighs on you.

We'll keep them ready to pitch and look for opportunities to get them experience. I'd rather see them come out of the bullpen than not pitch at all.

Thursday's game (against the Padres) was tough because there were so many left-handed, right-handed situations,

We don't want people coming up just to sit around.

You get into competition, the juices start flowing.