[Monday] I tried to be too perfect. Today I had good command of all my pitches and got ahead in the count. That was the difference. |
He told me basically this is your ballgame and the ball is in your hand, |
He will learn. He likes to learn. It's good. He likes to learn and he's hungry for this. |
Hopefully, it's nothing and he'll be ready for the season. I wish him luck and hope he gets healthy. |
I always say what happened in the past -- and I've said this before -- what happened in the past, is already in the past, and you have to leave it in the past. You have to get experience from that. The next season, you have to not make that mistake. |
I don't think it's up to the manager. It's up to us to be there, to want to compete, to want to finish a game. You have to work hard for the season. |
I don't want to talk about my hitting. My job is to pitch a good ballgame every time out. The triple was a gift. I take pride in my hitting, but I'm not a hitter. |
I explained my situation in 2002, when I was in Triple-A and [Kyle] Farnsworth got injured on the fourth day. I explained that since then, I'm here. He was pretty calm yesterday at the house. |
I like a challenge, and I would like to pitch against the Dominican Republic at the World Baseball Classic. |
I made too many mistakes in the games -- throwing, fielding, pitching. So far, this season has been weird to me. I can't worry about that. I have to worry about the future and cut some of my pitches per inning, and that's what we'll do. I have 30 more starts to go. |
I really wasn't looking to strike people out, ... I was looking to get groundballs. |
I think I was out of the game mentally, ... I was fighting with the umpires, and I was mad at (Murton). ... I apologized to him. I have five years in the big leagues. I don't have to do that. |
I threw a little bit hard and the throw was low. What can I say? It was a mistake. |
I told him, 'Run the bases, don't try to be cocky,' |
I tried to throw a fastball inside, and the ball kind of slipped out of my hand where I didn't want to throw it. That was a big mistake. If I walk Chipper in that situation and get a groundball with the next hitter, then nothing happens and I should win the game 2-0. |