At some point it will probably hit me, but right now I'm just having fun and looking forward to it. I just go out and have fun and compete. That's all you can do. I just hope my best is good enough, and so far it has been. |
He hooked me up with tickets and helped me get some stuff signed. He's a great guy, very down to earth. |
He's a first-pitch swinger and I wanted to throw it off the plate and I threw it right down the middle. Right then I knew the ball wasn't going to go where I wanted it to today. |
He's fun to be around in the clubhouse -- a real character. Dewy is just ... Dewy. He's hard to explain. He keeps the game free and easy by just being himself. |
I fell behind everybody and that's a good hitting team. The third inning really killed me. |
I threw some fastballs and they hit them. It was just one of those days. You put it in the back of your mind and carry it into the season. |
I wanted to challenge him inside, but I threw it right over the middle of the plate. He's hot now, and that's what good hitters do. Maybe I should have thrown him something off-speed. I don't know. But I'm not going to back down from anybody. |
I wanted to make sure I was getting the team innings. I think we all need to start throwing more strikes and letting our defense catch the ball. |
I was a little nervous. I was just trying to learn from all the guys -- knowing I was going to be one of the first ones cut. I just tried to fit in where I could. |
I was little too quick. I couldn't put the ball where I wanted. |
I worked on my pitches. I gave up some hits and some runs, but overall it was good. I threw a lot of strikes and got up to 90 pitches. |
It was good to get back out there. I think I was maybe a little too anxious. I was falling behind hitters. |
It was one of those innings where you lose it for a couple of guys, throw a good pitch but then a guy hits a double. Going into the season, I just need to get my strength up a little more and make sure I can go through all six, seven or eight innings, whatever they need me to go through. |
It was weird to get my first at-bat before I pitched my first inning. That helped me relax. I was just trying to get through the first inning. That was my goal. I was expecting to have some rough innings and have to battle through it. |
It's good and bad -- you don't want to show them everything you got, but I'm not going any tricks at you. I'm going to do the same thing each and every outing, compete and go after you. I'm not going to try to do anything different. |