For me, being a guy who doesn't usually get too many guys thrown out, Mike's doing a good job picking up my back. |
I assume I'm not (going to start), but you never know. Stranger things have happened. |
I don't know what the big secret is. |
I felt good. I just couldn't get things going. I couldn't line up my arm with my lower half and throw strikes. |
I felt good. I was just working on hitting my spots more than anything, kind of playing catch. It's a different look with a hitter up there. |
I think when I did it in L.A. the first time (on Sept. 7), I couldn't have thrown even one more pitch, ... (Saturday) I ended up making five innings. I don't know if that's progress; I don't think it's going backwards. I don't think I've made it severely worse, by any means, and now I get another week to let it rest. |
I thought every pitch I was going to come out of the game, ... I had another 7, 8 mph in the tank I couldn't go to, and that was disappointing. Somehow I found a way to get through five innings. |
I thought it was a 50-50 thing. I have mixed emotions about it. I'm going back to a familiar team. I never said I didn't want to be here. It's just it would have been a good time to be a free agent. |
I used to think Brian Giles was the best hitter I ever saw when he was hot, but Randy Winn has topped that, |
I was laughing at myself. Every time I'd throw one 85 and Jeff Kent would pop it up, I was like, 'Oh my gosh,' ... There are other guys in the league who can do it, and it made me a believer in how you can get guys out doing it. |
I was surprised. I heard he'd been working out hard. The division is kind of up for grabs. I thought he would come back and give us a little boost. ... If you're hurt, you're hurt. |
I'd rather it was 10-0, |
I'll have a chance to go out and be a free agent this year and see what happens. |
I'm happy to be in San Francisco ... but it would have been a good time to be a free agent. |
I've always been his biggest fan even when I've been on the other team. We all know what he can do on defense. Running those balls into the gap, you're going, 'That's a double or a triple.' Then I had flashbacks from his Diamondback days ruining my games from the other end with his glove. |