A great uplift. We answered. |
I have no say over it. |
It was nice to get the first one out of the way. I've thrown off that mound and I felt pretty comfortable. |
It's getting better. I'm starting to feel a little more consistent with everything. It's coming around, slowly but surely. |
Once I got settled in, I started throwing the ball a lot better. |
That game. The bad one. But you know, all around us, people were talking baseball. What to throw (Hideki) Matsui. Things like that. |
That's all right, too. What was important was me learning how to pitch. What each of us accomplishes helps the team. |
These guys are hitting right now like they did at the beginning of the season (during a 10-0 start). They're feeding off each other. One guy hits the ball hard and the next guy wants to hit the ball hard. |
You can learn a lot from him. He's a vocal guy anyway. Whenever we're talking about drills and certain things, he's going to tell you what he thinks. Just watching him go about his business, he does it the right way. He does it professionally and gets his work in. |