I saw the effort (Friday) by the guys in the bullpen and I knew I needed to push myself a little more. |
I stopped being a village boy who thought he could throw any rock through any wall and started thinking about being a guy who could last longer. |
I think we're going to compete, but to be honest, when I look at pitching, I think Venezuela has an edge. They have a clear edge on the pitching side. |
I thought maybe I wouldn't get it, ... A lot of crazy things went into my head. |
I want to pitch. We're in the middle of something good, and I want to keep contributing to it. That's why I want to wait as long as I can to make a decision. |
I was afraid of not coming through for my people, and now I'm really happy to have contributed to the baseball glory of my country. |
I would love to pitch for my country, |
I'm the one that woke them up a little bit by making the pitches that I made. But I look forward to seeing them again, definitely. They're a good team and I like to compete against them. |
I've got to be careful with Alex, obviously. But I think whatever happened in the past with Alex is in the past. I look forward to [Game 1]. It's a brand-new start with all of the hitters they have. |
If I can get an out with one or two pitches and use my sinker or cutter, I'm better off, ... I stopped being a village boy, thinking that I can throw any stone, any rock through a wall, and started thinking about being a guy that could last longer, to take some off my fastball and not to depend only on throwing hard. Mixing movement on my fastball has made me a more complete pitcher. |
If I can get an out with one or two pitches and use my sinker or my cutter, I'm better off, ... I stopped being a village boy, thinking that I can throw any stone, any rock through a wall, and started thinking about being a guy that could last longer, to take some off my fastball and not to depend only on throwing hard. |
It definitely gives a different feel to what the lineup originally was going to look like. |
It doesn't take away the pain I felt, the sour taste in my mouth about how the season ended. This is a great accomplishment but I still wanted us to go further as a team. We were all thinking about going to win the World Series. |
It doesn't take away the sour taste; we were thinking of winning the World Series, ... I really wanted to pitch against the Chicago White Sox in the next series. If it had been my back, I wouldn't have come out. |
It feels very tight. The last four days it's been getting real tight on me. Massage should take care of it. |