I threw the ball in and out and changed speeds. I kept them off balance the best I could. We got some big hits and made their starter work. It was the kind of game we wanted to play. |
I told him I'm not Italian and nobody in my family is Italian. |
I understand how it is; there's a lot of other stuff going on. We haven't even had a full workout yet with the regulars. We've got other stuff to do. We got to make sure I'm 100 percent and I want to make sure that I'm 100 percent. |
I was a little upset they threw me against the A team. |
I was able to do anything I wanted to do. Every time you go out there, you hope your stuff is going to be like this, but 90 percent of the time it's not. But it's March 15 and it doesn't count for anything. |
I was just trying to get some guys out in that situation, ... Then I got the first guy on strikes, and I thought, 'Hey, just make some good pitches and see what happens.' |
I was the same as I was the other day. Nothing is physically different. |
I was trying to figure out how to get people out. It was working for a while, but it just stopped working. It's disappointing to have a game go like that when I thought I may have figured out a way to get through it. |
I'd rather have him hit a good pitch down the line -- or even a bad pitch. I'd rather have that happen than walking in a run and hitting a guy and forcing in a run. |
I'll be a little closer to pitching shape next time I go out there. |
I'm doing what I want to do and getting the ball where I want to get it. I have to keep doing that. I had some life on the ball and I was getting the breaking pitches over the plate. |
I'm encouraged. So far, I'm OK. I'm optimistic. |
I'm getting tested early. That's what you want. I want to know how it feels, we all do. |
I'm going to take that. That's not bad. These guys are going to score runs. It's just tonight we didn't get it going. The kid kept us off balance and we never mounted much of a charge. |
I'm not really worried. You've got to get to 100 pitches some time. I'll see how I feel tomorrow. Tomorrow and the next day will be the test to see how I come out of it. |