I was trying to extend my running to make sure I was ready and felt something, and that's kind of where we're at right now. |
I wish I could explain what happened. Nothing seemed to be where I wanted it and it was after Holliday's at-bat that it seemed to change. |
I'll throw off the mound and see where it's at. . . . We're going to evaluate it. Keep throwing and see how it feels. |
It doesn't matter to me. I'm not worried about all that stuff. I don't want to be caught up in all that, ... I just want to pitch and whatever happens happens. It's been a lot easier dealing with it that way. |
It just wasn't there, for whatever reason. I did the best I could to fight through it, but it just wasn't there at all. |
It was the magnitude of the situation, in a game that was absolutely huge for us. We're not a team that shows a lot of emotion, and that's not a bad thing. But that situation was big. |
It's just one of those things. |
It's pretty amazing what [Gagne] has done. Now, someone has to decide: Has a reliever accomplished something special enough to be considered? You can have that argument all day long. This year is maybe one of those occasions. |
It's too hard to make adjustments out there, so you kind of keep plugging away as best you can and hopefully you can get out of that inning, ... Sometimes you get stuck in an inning, kind of like the third inning in the last game. I couldn't get out of it. That's what I've always been able to do, is work through an inning. |
My changeup was better last outing. This outing it was half and half. My curveball was a lot better than it was the last outing. There are a lot of good things. The two walks and home run made it look worse. I am going to give up a run sometimes. If I commit myself to working to get ahead, we're going to be all right. |
One of the things I noticed was how fast he was able to put the bat on the ball. He could recognize the pitch well before he had to swing, and then he would get around so fast, so hard. |
Right now, and this is as honest as I've ever been, I'm not happy with the situation. I'm not happy having to go through this. There are a lot of things I don't have answers for. |
The most important thing is that I'm able to throw all my pitches for strikes. |
The thing that's frustrating to me is sometimes I feel like there's going to be days when I have to battle and today wasn't one of those days. |
There's not too many guys out there who do special things that are noticed around the league. And it has to be something special -- like real special -- for people to take notice, |