His focus all year, pitch to pitch, inning to inning, has been phenomenal. |
I could have caught that with my teeth. Luckily, I didn't. I'm just throwing fastballs at this point and just trying to find my spots. I'm just trying to get in my work. I'm not competing. |
I didn't get my chance to pitch here again, and that's disappointing. I grew up here. I grew up playing ball here. My whole professional life playing ball has been here. It's disappointing to see (Busch Stadium) come down. But I've learned through the years that I think the change will be good for the city, the team and the organization. |
I don't have that 'mow' anymore. |
I don't know if it's just them now or what, |
I don't think guys know what happened. I guess we'll deal with that when we get more information. You just hope it's nothing serious. |
I felt good physically, and it was good to get back out instead of going on 10 days' [rest]. |
I gave up a bunch of 0-2 hits. I was throwing too many balls over the plate. That's not a good formula. |
I just happened to be on the mound tonight. I'm going to battle my [backside] off for Tony. He's treated me great throughout my career. To be out there and get that win is pretty special for me and hopefully for him. |
I just made better pitches |
I think that's the beauty of baseball. You can be any shape or size and go out there and compete. |
I think they looked back at all the tapes and all the ingredients and came up with a good decision. It's fair. |
I thought I threw the ball a lot better than I have been the last couple times, ... I didn't get any breaks. When going against a guy like Pedro, you've got to be on top of your game. |
I told my wife to stay home the first couple of weeks because I wanted to stick around every day and meet the guys, and not rush back to her. Nothing against her. After the first couple of hours here, I felt adjusted. |
I tried to hang in there as long as a I could. We had some great at-bats and that [lead] was all I was looking for, looking for an advantage. Then I go out in the sixth and just couldn't make any pitches. |