Just coincidence. That's the way it goes sometimes. |
Last pitcher to get a hit, 0 for spring. Jason (Marquis) loves rubbing it in. |
My agent has been through it, and friends of mine have been through it. But I'm not going to let it consume me. |
My agent will call and say, 'Did you see that one?' I see it. But it's not something I've given a great deal of thought. Without a doubt I saw it. Don't think I didn't. But I'm not sitting here saying, 'I can't wait for my turn.' That's not my attitude. I'm not going to do that to myself because I've seen other guys do it. That's not me. |
No, not really. I would have liked to finish it, but I knew when Jenkins hit it, it was going to fall in. I figured he was going to come out. It's all right. |
Nobody gets skipped here. Our fifth guy in Oakland had it tough. He didn't know when he was pitching. He didn't know how to go about things. It's great how we've had it going this year. |
None. That was a cool experience. It's funny when you do something like that, you don't realize really what's going on. Everything was happening too quick. That was pretty exciting. |
Not to jinx myself, but I felt better today than any start last year. |
Not to jinx myself, but I felt better today than I did in any start last year. I felt really good. My mechanics feel so much better. I don't care what start you take last year, I felt better today. I felt like I was throwing harder, too. |
Obviously he did a good job. But to say that it was him that did this, no... nobody knows that. |
Obviously the more lefties, the better for me, ... When they throw an all right-handed lineup out there like some teams do, you can kind of get in the groove with certain pitches. Sometimes it helps. |
Obviously we had good rotations in Oakland. But the consistency from the five of us is amazing to watch. It's fun to watch. Our offensive guys know no matter who's pitching we have a chance to win. It's fun to be part of that. Everyone knows his role in a way. There is no question mark. |
Once the inning starts there's so much adrenaline it didn't bother me much, |
probably the first day where I have absolutely no discomfort, no tightness, no nothing. |
Seven games into the season. Sure, it's not what you expect, but it's seven games into the season. I'm sure nobody's worried. I love our bullpen. I love the way those guys throw and I love the way they go about it. I think they're going to be just fine. |