A lot of people say it's not how you start, it's how you finish, but it's important that you don't have to be fighting back the whole season. |
Any time a fielder calls you off, they have a better chance of making the play, |
Any time you go out there and you've got a shutout going, of course you want to finish it. It was the right move. I still have seven starts left and I want to be ready in five days. ... It's a tough situation for him, but he made the right choice. |
Anytime you can throw three or four pitches for strikes, it's going to be tough on the hitter, ... starts on a different plane. The fastball, changeup and slider are all on a downward angle. Anytime you can change the hitter's eye level, that helps. |
He looks pretty good, ... It's exciting to see him back in uniform, back in the locker room. You wonder how he's doing. |
Hopefully in a couple of days I can repeat it. |
I already talked to him, and he sounded happy ? real happy, ... He was talking about buying a house (in the Bay Area). He's making plans. |
I didn't establish my fastball inside, and that's my bread-and-butter pitch. I made a mistake to Nomar, left a pitch over the plate. Everything else was fine, but I couldn't get that pitch where I wanted to. I wasn't able to make adjustments. I let the guys down. |
I enjoy helping people, and it's been something I've done since I was a little kid, helping people out, whatever it may be, |
I felt good and everything was working today. |
I felt good today. It's just a matter of repeating it. |
I felt good tonight. My arm felt good, ... I was able to locate my pitches. I wanted to keep the team in it. I'm happy with my performance. It's a tough loss for us, seeing as we are trying to finish in second place. |
I felt it as I released the pitch before the one when I came out. I tried to work through it. I felt some tightness. I felt it was in my best interest to shut it down. |
I like the fact that we have guys who are known as proven winners. Guys who can help you through the struggles. You can turn to them a lot for help. I'm looking forward to talking to Matt Morris, him being new and a proven winner and talking about what he does on and off the field and in between games. |
I need to be able to establish the fastball to both sides of the plate, ... When I couldn't get that pitch inside, they were able to hit. |