I've been looking forward to next year for a while, ... Next year can be a different story. |
I've been trying to give it everything I've got to work hard and turn this thing around, ... I've had some good outings, but they've been overshadowed by the bad ones. |
It was a bad first couple innings, but I was able to turn it around there. I would have liked to have been able to try to get out of that jam there in the fifth. I put us in that situation, and you never know what can happen. As a competitor, you'd like to stay out there and keep it at six runs and we might have had a shot. |
It was a good game to end on, except the [lack of a] win, ... But it's better than ending on a bad note, that's for sure. I wish I could have done more for the team, the organization and the fans this year. |
It was one of those nights, ... I had things working. It was just a matter of getting ahead, throwing strikes and getting the first out. They've got a tough lineup. When you have Howard hitting sixth or seventh, you've got some big boppers at the bottom of the lineup. |
It?s maybe a different angle. It?s been working so far, so I?m sticking with it. |
It's a matter of running a tight ship and pounding home the idea that baseball needs to be played the right way. The only thing he asks is you come [in] and bust your [tail]. Show up when you're supposed to. Do what you're supposed to. |
It's just frustrating. I was sitting home antsy and bored, so I got here early. I was sitting around for seven hours, and this was my first start of the year. You want to get it done. |
It's nothing I'm proud of, but it seems to have become a part of my game, ... It's not something you try to do, obviously. |
My name's probably a bad word in Cincinnati, ... I'm looking to change that. |
Someone was just telling me today that he hadn't seen his family for five weeks. That's tough. Two to three weeks is the longest I've ever been away from my family, and I wouldn't want to have to go any longer than that. |
That seven-run inning was the key. We got a good lead, and I was able to relax and throw strikes and go right at them. |
The ball finds holes, takes funny bounces, but there are no excuses. |
The injury is long gone. Everything is 100 per cent. |
We got that nice early lead, and I gave it right back up. |