Obviously I wish I had the pitch back. That's kind of the immediate feeling. |
Obviously, a lot of guys on the team have family there. There's a great deal of concern because it's a very powerful storm. |
Obviously, I threw him a pitch I wish I could have back, |
Obviously, I wanted to get back in there, ... I was happy to get the opportunity to get in the game tonight. Anyone would want to get back in as fast as they can after a bad game. |
Obviously, if you're hurt, not able to do it, that's one thing. But if you're just not sure, and you think, 'I might not be ready for the season if I do this,' I don't think that's a good excuse. I think you need to do it. Who knows? If one or more people wanted to do that, maybe we would have gotten to the final round. |
Obviously, it was good for me to not have a high pitch count those two innings, but I really needed to throw, ... Garner knows at this point in the season I'm available to do whatever he needs. Because our setup guys have done such a great job this year, I haven't had to throw the eighth inning at all, and that's really spared me to this point. |
Obviously, some of the names I'm up there with are great pitchers, ... Billy Wagner is a guy I strive to be like. Hopefully someday I can get to his level. |
Obviously, that was a tough inning for me. My control wasn't there. |
Once they start the game my focus is on baseball, |
Once they start the game my focus is on baseball. But the moment I left the clubhouse and the moment I came back, I'm looking at the Weather Channel or CNN, looking at the hurricane. Obviously, a lot of guys on the team have family there. There's a great deal of concern because it's a very powerful storm. |
One of the things you have to do to be a successful closer is bounce back, ... So far, in the year and a half I've pitched, I feel I've been able to do a good job of that. |
Our mindset is to do our job. That's what we're getting paid for. If we can't hold a four-run lead, then we've really blown it. Andy did a fantastic job. It's our job as a bullpen to finish the game. |
Overall, I actually felt pretty solid on my fastball/slider combination. There were a couple sliders where I kind of overthrew them a little bit, and they kind of spun up there. I had a couple good sharp ones down. Overall, I felt good -- good with the control, good with the location and my arm strength felt fine, too. |
Put it this way -- we're not oblivious to the scoreboard, |
Roy threw great tonight. We needed him to win the game. After (Wednesday) night, we felt great to split now. |