Ozzie Guillen, upon being told that RHP Jon Garland thought he had good stuff despite allowing 7 runs and 13 hits in a loss Tuesday night, had this to say:
"Bring me the bad stuff then."
I'm sure even Garland himself had to chuckle about this.
Too often players simply spew forth with canned responses, which really don't say anything.
Roger Clemens is the only modern day pitcher who departs from this, and is honest in assessing himself. In an earlier loss this year, he said "I sucked. I hope they (the Cardinals) enjoyed themselves, because they got a rare treat. Won't happen again." This from a guy with a league leading 1.45 era .... hard to believe Clemens is 43 ... he looked as good (if not better) in his last outing than he did as a young pup.