(Pat) Hentgen used to tell me: 'You can't control wins and losses, you can control what you do'. That's why I think for a lot of veteran guys they understand how important it is to throw a lot of innings, to get 200-plus innings, |
(Phillips) is fighting for a job on this team and I'm glad I got a chance to throw to him. |
A lot of people won't do that. It helps me to be a lot more confident and takes a lot of pressure off me. |
After a couple of guys got on and they scored, I put a little pressure on myself to really get them out. I think I started to overthrow it slightly. |
After Joey (Gathright) missed that ball, we were saying in the dugout that this game has a `weird' vibe, |
After the second inning, I think I turned it around. I think I was rushing, I was definitely leaving the ball up a little bit. . . . You elevate the ball and they're going to hit it. |
He could be the Rookie of the Year. He should be here a long time. |
He's a big kid with long arms. I don't think he got it off the end of the bat. It had to catch a little barrel. But he's a big boy, a strong kid. |
Hopefully I can go out there and concentrate on what went well. I felt I threw the ball a lot better today, was more in control of what I was trying to do. |
Hopefully, I can concentrate on what went well. I felt like I located the ball well with a couple of exceptions. |
Hopefully, I go out there and just concentrate on what went well today. I felt like I located the ball pretty well with a couple exceptions. I'll try to concentrate on that and not think about this. This is in the past already. Let it be gone. |
How many times are you going to battle back? Sometimes when they give us a lead we got to keep it or at least give them an opportunity to get us one and I haven't been doing that. |
I could never vote for a guy who doesn't play defense. They don't go through the grind other guys go through defensively, diving after balls, chasing balls. If you make an error, it might affect you, but if you're a DH, you don't go through any of that. You just hit. |
I feel like I've definitely improved each year. |
I felt I had better control except for the last inning when everything went belt high. I think I located the ball a little better than the last time. |