I felt pretty good yesterday, not great. But today's probably the first day I have absolutely no discomfort, no tightness, no nothing -- besides just the general soreness in the spot that I got hit, but that [isn't a factor] when I throw a baseball. |
I had a good sinker and got a lot of quick outs. It was kind of the same stuff. If I'm going to get beat, I want to get beat on one of my best pitches. And tonight, that's pretty much what happened. |
I just left a lot of pitches up as the day went along. Just one of them days. |
I know sitting in the dugout, we all thought it was over his head. |
I know when I was in Oakland, things always kind of happened for us to not win a series, |
I know why I'm here, I'm here to win ballgames, ... Whether it's the playoffs, the regular season, whenever. You go out and get the job done. |
I like using my defense, you know. I'm not going to get mad about giving up a hit because you make one good pitch, the next pitch you get a double play. |
I like using my defense; that's why when you give up a hit I'm not going to be that mad, ... The next pitch you can get a double play. That's part of my game in a way. |
I loved playing in Oakland. But losing those [top free agents] year after year after year ... it was frustrating. And so much of it was dependent on the three of us, how we pitched, |
I made pitches when I had to, when I had those guys on first or second. It's a big part of me. |
I missed my last start, so it took me a little while to find that comfort zone. I had a pretty good sinker tonight. |
I really, really felt good tonight, and the one mistake, pretty much the only ball I left up in the zone, he hits for a homer. What are you going to do? I just tried to get over it and let's throw up some more zeroes, especially with the lead we had. |
I rely on our defense. They made the plays today and that's huge for me because I need those guys to be successful. Guys are going to put it in play off me and I need those guys to make plays. |
I remember Huddy saying last year that if it wasn't done by camp, that's it. And they got it done before spring. That's the only example I know about. But that's not me. I don't think I'll approach it that way. Plus, workouts start (today). |
I say that and I wasn't exactly happy with it. There were a bunch of games where I thought I could have pitched better. It's just when I look back at say five or six games where I had ... a 4-0 lead and, boom, it was 4-3. I'm sitting there, now I've got a one-run lead. When I got a lead earlier in my career, I ran with that. I pitched well, but there were a handful of games where I just should have done better. |