[Hurdle] told me the tryout was over, and as long as he is the skipper, I'll be hitting cleanup, just keep doing what I was doing, |
Anytime you win a road trip, you've got to take it. We're playing pretty well. This one just got away. |
But you have to give some credit to Brian Lawrence , and that bullpen is pretty tough. We needed to find a way to scratch out runs and we didn't do it. |
Having experienced things going on two years now, I'm not a veteran by any means, but I feel like maybe I have some advice to offer. |
He wants you to have that slow breaking ball of his in the back of your mind so he can sneak his fastball in on you. He pitched me tough. I might have swung at some bad pitches, but he gets the credit. |
He's a good pitcher, ... But you always feel like you have a good chance against the guy. He's not overpowering. He has to pitch to get outs, and he lost his command a little bit in that one inning. |
I couldn't pick up his fastball. I just had trouble with him. |
I didn't know that. I don't know that there's an explanation for that. We'll hit a few here. |
I don't think any time you run into your teammate it can be too positive. But maybe it did jostle something loose. |
I just went on contact, as soon as I saw the downward angle on the ball. Good thing it wasn't hit that hard. |
I know him real well. I'm happy he got called up. |
I looked up after six or seven guys had hit and saw we got one out. That was me. |
I looked up there after the first six or seven guys and thought, 'We've got one out, and that was me,' |
I think I forgot, more than I learned anything, |
I think that's just the way Todd is. He's just a perfectionist. He could be hitting .400 but in his mind he thinks he's not doing enough because he's missing pitches or not doing the things he should. He's not happy with a 2-for-4, 2-for-5. He wants to go 4-for-4 every day. |