So yeah, we're resigned |
That was a cool experience. Everybody starting yelling to get out there. |
That was a cool experience. You don't realize what's going on. Everything is happening too quick. Guys are yelling at you to get out there, so you just go. |
The minute he hit it I knew if it didn't go foul it was going to be a homer. I was so mad at myself. It was one of those situations where I didn't necessarily want to fall behind 2-1. But even if it's away it's just a base hit. But it stayed down the middle. As soon as it came out of my hand I felt it coming. |
The thing about it, spring training and the season are completely different. You're working on things in spring training. When the season gets here, it's time to do things. |
There wasn't much different, ... A few pitches up, a few pitches that got hit over the middle of the plate. I just didn't get it done. There's no way around it. |
There's a lot of pitchers who've got it. That's an out pitch for them. It's a big pitch. |
There's probably not a good chance of that happening again this year. |
This is what it's all about -- baseball in the fall, |
This isn't how the story was supposed to end, |
This team isn't about who is No. 1 and who's No. 5. Obviously, Carpenter has stood out head and shoulders over everyone else in baseball. The rest of us don't look at what number we are. If it's my day to pitch, I'm the No. 1 guy. That's real important. |
This won't happen in the playoffs, I'll be ready for that. |
Those were three miserable days in Chicago. Things didn't go our way when we were there and we played a much better game, a complete game. |
To me it was huge, because there were a lot of times last season where I got a ground ball and one of the runs scored. So to get those strikeouts there, at least the first one with one out, that was my focus. That was probably the biggest inning in the game. |
To me the most important thing is I want young kids to see that steroids are not good for you. You've got too much riding on your career and health. |