(The fielders are) just sitting out there playing jacks on the carpet, and the next thing you know the ball gets hit to them, and they can't get to it because you've put them to sleep. |
All in all, this was the place. |
And I missed it by two feet. It makes me understand and appreciate what the ball does do on its way into the plate. |
Being in a fresh place, fresh faces, fresh organization, really helped that out. It helped me concentrate on pitching. |
Get my velocity back up -- it was down a little. |
He stays in the game. He knows the scoreboard, the situation. He knows the game and he's energetic back there. He wants you to succeed, to do well out there. |
Hearing the boos for Sweeney, that's poor. He does a lot around here -- the fans need to back off a little. |
I like my friends to be the hitters. The pitchers, they all have the same brain as I do. The hitters see the game from a different perspective. |
I think what really made me relax more was I wasn't fighting for a spot on the roster. It was my spot in the rotation to lose. If I would have done what I've done in my first two starts though, I wouldn't have been in the rotation. |
If you have your pitches moving all over the place, you have an advantage. That's the thing I need to understand is I have the advantage because I do have the ball. I can make it do this, this, this, this. I can make it go all over the place. Just trust it and do it. |
Interest only is also real popular. |
It felt good. I was just trying to throw strikes. |
It was a great pitch. It was the right pitch. He just went out of the strike zone to get it. That's what great hitters do. |
That was the difficult part of it. |
The universe of mortgage lending has gotten to the point where there is a place in it for everybody. |