If Bonds is the circus, then whatever they call that stadium now is going to be a three-ring circus. It's going to be a stage now for him to come out. |
Initially, I was surprised for one, and I didn't know if I wanted to pitch there. With the acquisition of Padilla and Millwood, I see they are making serious strides. |
It came on a breaking ball. I knew something was wrong right away. When they came out to visit me at the mound, they put the ball in my hand, and I couldn't even squeeze it. |
It feels like nothing's happened. |
It's a challenge I'm willing to take on fully. If I can catch Jake in wins, obviously that would be a good thing. But at the same time I want Jake to get his wins, too. Right now it's a selfish time of the year for a pitcher. You want to get your wins; you don't want to have any losses. |
It's definitely been a roller coaster. I got pulled to the top of that first hill and it was a great ride down. Unfortunately, the ride took a lot longer to get up on top of the hill again. |
Judging by how it was last year, I'd say I'm going to miss more than a few starts. |
Just one statement would be: missed opportunities. We didn't get that one big hit, that stolen base or take advantage of a mental mistake they made. It's just frustrating, more than anything. |
My fastball command was pretty poor, but the cutter was pretty good. The first inning had good points and bad points. Mostly, the execution wasn't there at all. For me, it's trying to get mechanics down to be consistent, and today I wasn't consistent. |
That was definitely frustrating, rushing back and trying to help the team any way I can. I look forward to San Diego and facing them, show them what they missed. |
The arm strength and stamina's there. I felt good in the sixth inning, made some good pitches and got them 1-2-3. It's definitely nice to go out there in the sixth and put up a zero. |
This is a good 1-2-3 and I think the team is really good on paper. It's going to be nice to have this offense behind me. If I can get it done, they'll get the big hits. There are some good gloves, too. |
This was 10 times better than my last start. My location on my fastball was much, much better. |
Toward the end of September, the finger was pretty much gone from the mind, and pitches were starting to come back to where they were. I felt good about going into the postseason, but obviously came up short. |
We want to beat the Dodgers. That's our main rival. |