He pitched with a lot of confidence. He throws strikes, and quality strikes. He doesn't throw cookies up there. |
He plays hard, he plays all-out. When you play like that, you've got a chance to get hurt. If he takes care of himself, he's got a chance to stay healthy, too. |
He ran a lot today and felt pretty good. He's just not 100 percent yet. |
He talked about that. It's well-founded. I think from being with the Cardinals he saw (the benefit of having) Stan Musial and Red Schoendienst around all the time. |
He threw strikes when he had to tonight. Base on balls aren't bad when you have them at the right time. He didn't give in to the hitters tonight. |
He throws strikes and quality strikes. |
He throws strikes and quality strikes. He's not going to just give you cookies to hit. He's going to make good pitches. When he does that, he has a chance to have some quick innings. |
He used all of his pitches and changed speeds. Last spring he struggled, and there were a lot of questions about him. Last year he showed he could be a good big league pitcher, and all we're looking for is improvement. |
He was a great, great player. Even as a visiting coach, it was always nice to see him, because he had a lot of enthusiasm, a lot of energy for the game, and it was a pleasure to be around him. |
He was brilliant. I'm sure it wasn't easy for him. But it looked easy from the side. |
He was inconsistent throwing strikes. He did a good job getting left-handers out. But the way we're set up, he's going to have to get right-handers out, too. |
He was just trying to drive it to the big part of the ballpark and get one, and he ended up getting all three. |
He was pitching so well, we were going with him. He wanted a complete game bad. |
He was pretty good in June, July and August. I don't know if people realize that. He's just taking over where he left off. |
He was ready to go. |