This year was different, I was used to being able to talk to him ... With the people we had in Toronto (pitching coach Brad Arnsberg), unless it got drastic, we were pretty good at fixing things. 
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Mount Everest, the highest peak in the world, with an altitude of 8,848 meters (29,028 feet), is seen in this aerial view taken from a passenger aircraft flying over Nepal at a height of 9,144 meters (30,000 feet), November 9, 2008. Everest is part of the Himalayan mountain range along the border of Nepal and Tibet. In background is the Tibetan Plateau. Picture taken November 9, 2008.
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Quotes about Brad Arnsberg
This year was different, I was used to being able to talk to him ... With the people we had in Toronto (pitching coach Brad Arnsberg), unless it got drastic, we were pretty good at fixing things.
was said
in Canoe
I knew where I was hurting last year was mechanically ... And I knew the one person that had me mechanically right was Brad Arnsberg.
said Matt Clement
When you start with the best pitcher in baseball you can make yourself a contender very quickly ... You are over .500, you've got some good baseball people, fortunate to have Cito back, you've got (Nick) Leyva, you've got (Gene) Tenace and (Brad) Arnsberg, you've got a good nucleus of pitchers, they've got a good young group in the minor leagues.
said Paul Beeston
in Canoe
Yeah, it could ... There's a reason why the [starting] staff and the bullpen did what it did all year. Brad Arnsberg and Bruce Walton, their preparation in between series, and what we do in that room back there, is by far the most impressive I've seen.
was said
in MLB.com
I don't think anybody expected him to be this good this fast ... I give [pitching coach] Brad Arnsberg a lot of credit because he's probably the first guy at spring straining to say this guy's got a shot.
said Alex Anthopolous
I've been working on getting the curve ball over with (pitching coach Brad) Arnsberg and we've been trying to just pound the zone, make them hit it ... I was trying to put strike one over. If they hit it, great, and I tried to stay out of deep counts.
said David Purcey
in Canoe
Quotes from articles mentioning Brad Arnsberg
Once we learned that there were occasions on which the Center for Drug Free Sport gave overnight notice to clubs, we took prompt corrective action to prevent such notice from being given in the future
said Richard Levin
in Philly.com
You know I love the Phillies ... Heck, they have my ring size on file, so I'm looking for an Angels-Phillies Series.
said Mike Schmidt
in Philly.com
There are four clear-cut favorites to win it all - the Los Angeles Angels, Tampa Bay, Boston, and the Chicago Cubs.
said Mike Schmidt
in Philly.com
I consider coming off a season where we didn't reach the playoffs for the first time since 1993 as a personal challenge ... I've never been one to run from a challenge, and I look forward to having the chance to go after this thing again.
was said
in Philly.com
Our offense really took an upswing when Cito and Gene and Murph got here ... It took a little while to get us going, but we were definitely a better offensive club under those guys. We executed in areas that we really didn't do a good job of the last few years. I'm excited to see what the results will be over a full season.
said J.P. Ricciardi
in MLB.com
