I've been down here a month and a half, and I'm ready to go. I just think right now I'm ready to go. |
If he said that for psychological reasons, he sure got my attention. He'll get the best out of me. |
If it was up to me, I'd rather only pitch two innings and then jump back on the mound. |
If you look at my pitch selection, I just tried to get them to put the ball in play rather than strike them out. |
In order for you to be an ace or considered an ace, you've got to step up and match the other teams' aces. This was a big game for us. |
It did (effect me) a little because everything happened so fast. Taveras is quick, and I knew he was going to go. I got worried about what was going on at first instead of pitching to Biggio. That was what flustered me more than anything. |
It doesn?t bother us. We showed a lot of heart, but we fell behind early and I take the full blame for that. We have two more games against these guys, and if we can win two out of three against them it will be a big boost. |
It took me a couple of innings to get loose. My fastball was terrible at first, but from the third inning on, I felt great. |
It's definitely a loss, being without Thome. But the way Ryan Howard's playing right now, I think that we'll be OK. |
It's harder because the guys they bring from the minors are straight fastball hitters. You can't sneak it by them. Even though I know they are sitting on that, I'm still going to throw it. I think I started every guy with a fastball away, and they're up there hacking like it's their bread and butter. |
No matter what they say to me, and that's great that they think I can be that guy, I'm still going to go out there and throw the best game I can. |
No, I'm not concerned. We know what it is. If this had happened during the regular season, I may not be talking to you guys yet - probably breaking something. |
No. It was a 3-1 fastball. What are you going to do? Three-one, I'm going to challenge the guy. It could just as easily have been a popup. |
Only you guys look at that. We don't. We've got five more months to go here. What we've got to do is try to get winning months after that. |
People sold us short last year and I think we're better this year. We're going to be strong all the way around. We might not have the big names, but a lot of people are going to be surprised. |