Two or three called me up and said, 'Man, they're trying to take money out of your pocket,' |
We heard the cheers from the back field. We didn't know what was going on. |
We were right next to an Air Force base out there. |
When I was on the mound, I was pretty relaxed. I was focused. I don't know what it is, but I'm more nervous before I pitch and then after I come out of the game. When I'm in there, I don't feel any of that. |
When I'm able to throw my breaking ball for strikes, I'm going to be successful, |
When it came time to go out and pitch, I realized why I was here, |
When you watch him play, you see what he does on the field. Off the field, when you get over here, you see it's not about him getting on people and being that loud kind of leader. He leads by example. His energy, his positive attitude is contagious. He's just always trying to pick guys up, whether he has a good or bad night. |
With a team like this, you don't panic. I got rewarded for keeping the game close. |
With one of the breaking balls, backdoor, I thought I had him, ... It was borderline. I guess you don't get those calls. In a perfect world, I'd like to have those pitches. But they can't call them every time. They're not going to. There's no use crying over it. |
You could say nobody's really looking forward to a six-hour flight to California. But I think everybody is now. |
You don't ever want to give the ball up as a pitcher, especially when you've got that mess out there you made yourself. Having the confidence in me to be out there and get through it, it's big, it's huge. |
You don't ever want to give up the ball as a pitcher, ... especially after the mess you'd left out there the inning before. Each start I've shown him I can go deep into games and I'm just glad to have this opportunity. |
You have an inning in a game when you battle with, whether it's your control or getting the ball down or whatever. They made me pay for it, but I wouldn't take back anything I did out there tonight. |
You like the pressure but you don't add any, |
You tend to get nervous and excited before and after, |