It's amazing what they've done. Everybody in baseball starts the season just wanting a chance at it. They've had a chance for 14 years now. Nobody can say that in any professional sport. |
It's been pretty frustrating. It's obviously not the start I'd like to get off to, but there are a lot of good things I can take from today and build on. After the first inning, I pitched pretty well. I felt like I was able to settle in and get a lot of guys out after that. |
It's confusing. You watch the guys in front of you — but you're also watching the guys behind you. You get here, and you keep forgetting you're actually out front (by a game and a half) in one of these situations. It's definitely a weird situation to be in. |
It's fun, man. I think it's better before the games than after the games. The guys are relaxed, they're having a good time. It's just like it was in spring training, in March, April, May. We're the same team we were then. We're playing better now than we did then. |
It's huge. We definitely have got to come out of here with two of three to give ourselves a chance. |
It's not much I can do about my record. It would still be exciting to lead the league in ERA. |
It's probably our biggest win to date. This is fun, man. Everybody around here is having a good time. |
No, but it doesn't bother me. I just appreciate the fact that he cares so much about everything. |
No, I've never been up in one before. I've been in private planes. Yeah, I'm a little nervous. |
No, run support is not going to be a problem. |
Our season is going to come down to how we pitch. We know we are going to score runs. |
Sometimes you don't surprise yourself when you do it so many times, ... You don't want to be in those situations, but if you get out of them, it seems to give you a boost. Today, it was a delayed boost. |
Sometimes, it's tougher to face guys you don't really know. I think I faced three or four of those guys in the past. |
That matters. Anywhere you go, you want to have a chance to win, and anybody who plays for this team definitely has a chance to win. So that's definitely a factor. |
The most exciting part is that I don't have to pitch against the [Rangers] lineup anymore. |