Things like that happen. I hope next time I can pick them up. I threw bad. It's still going to take time to throw every five days, strength-wise. You keep battling, you keep working. |
This is a big step for me. |
This one didn't end in surgery, |
Three times now, what can you do? It got me square in the chest. It's sore and tight. It feels like the other ones, I guess. |
To be down there for over three months, watching the games and following everything going on, your driving force is to get back and help the team get to the postseason, ... Doing this tonight, knowing the work I put in, it's great. |
To come back shows a lot of heart. |
To go down like that — hit by a baseball going 100 mph — and to be out there playing catch, I'm very fortunate, ... As long as there is no pain I should be fine. |
Today was the best day so far. I thought everything went pretty well. |
wasn't comfortable watching him. |
We're in a race to get to the playoffs, so I'll do everything I can to get back out there, ... There's no calling in sick now. You've got to get out there. |
When I first started throwing [after returning from his torn scar tissue in his shoulder], I really screwed up my mechanics and my arm slot. I worked with Billy and he helped me get back in synch. Now, my mechanics are the best they've been in a while. |
When I first started throwing, I was really screwed up, mechanically, ... Trying to come back from being hurt, losing my arm slot, basically everything felt weird to throw. I worked with Billy, and he really helped me get back in sync. Toward the end, I thought my mechanics were the best they'd been in a while. |
When it's your elbow, you don't want to hurt anything further. If it's bruised, you don't want to take any chances. |
When it's your elbow, you don't want to hurt it any further. When it's bruised, you don't want to take any chances. |
When you get hit like that, the only thing you see is the ball right in front of your chin, |