He saw a player who needed some help, and he felt like he could help him. |
I can go to sleep with a clear head because I've come in here and done everything I can to show I still can pitch and have some talent. |
I did well enough to be a starter from Day One, which is more than anybody expected. It's not that big of an issue. I just need to do whatever I need to do to get back. |
I feel like any success I have this year is directly from him. |
I made some mistakes, yes. But it's not a good idea to give up on anybody at a young age, period. |
I try to pitch every game like its the last game I'm going to start. I want to leave an impression. |
I wanted to go out there and go right at them and attack it, because I don't want to be asked these questions anymore. |
I'm not upset about it. |
It was a real good thing, everything that happened today. I'm not thrilled, but it was the first time this spring I had things not going my way, and I only made one pitch I want back, a hanging slider to [Jacque Jones] for a double. I felt really good and threw a lot of quality pitches. I could see myself going to the seventh, eighth, ninth inning. |
It's always good to see kids doing well. A lot of times, especially nowadays, young people are cast in a negative light. But here you see young people that are doing well in school, trying to be something in life. It's very good to see, it's very refreshing. |