[Olsen] wants to learn. You get some guys who think they know it all. With some things you have to say, 'That's the way we do it around here.' He has a grasp of pitching. He has a pretty good concept for his age. |
A couple of times last year, I'd throw a good one and the majority were just not real good. I'm guiding it. I don't have any conviction to throw it yet. I've got to get that feeling back in my hand where it just feels good coming out of my fingertips. |
A lot of these guys are real quiet, so you have to go up and introduce yourself to them. They seem like good kids. |
Giving up runs early, I'm sure it takes the wind out of our sails. It's not their fault. |
He was a tough out. You know you're getting old when some of the guys you played against are your coaches. |
He was sitting there doing curls with a bar and he's got a cigarette hanging out of his mouth. In the weight room, smoking while he's doing curls. |
He's the type of manager where if you get your work done, do it right and hustle, you get off the field. If you don't hustle, don't do it right, you'll be here all day. Honestly, that's the way it should be when you have a young team. A lot of these guys were in 'A' ball last year. |
I can bunt better to move runners, and I can hit better. I've worked on it and want to see how much I've improved. |
I don't have a problem doing it. |
I felt good. I threw some really good change-ups today. I threw them when I was behind in the count. I threw them when I was ahead in the count. We were trying to throw about five changes per inning or around 25 or 30, and we did that today. |
I felt good. Last time I probably threw about 35 pitches and felt OK. This time I threw 55 pitches and felt like I could have gone more, which is good. |
I felt much better. Better than I did the last time out. I made three mistakes, and all three mistakes were runs. |
I was impressed with how smoothly things went. The coaching staff has a good grasp on how they want things to be run. |
I'm not giving up a chance to win. I'm at a loss. I'm struggling right now. |
It was a terrible game tonight, it's the only way to explain it. I didn't pitch well at all. Mechanically, I just don't feel right. Something is out of whack. The ball keeps running on me -- I'm having a hard time with location. |