Every year you're excited when the first day gets here. But especially this year, because of all the things that happened last year that are not supposed to be a part of baseball. |
I consider that it was a pretty even game. I think it was quite even, almost neck to neck. Anybody could have come out with a victory. |
I was trying to throw a good fastball down and away and I left it a little bit up. The guy has tremendous power. Not much I could do but take my hat off. The guy is an All-Star. |
I was trying to throw a good fastball down and away. I just left it up a little bit. Like I say, this guy's got tremendous power. This guy is an All-Star. |
It changed it a little bit. I was trying to get Olerud to ground into a double play. I just think he was prepared for a fastball the whole time. |
It was an extremely emotional game for us. |
It was kind of hard to deal with, especially the humidity after. I thought I was going to be cool and it was pretty humid out there. It seemed like the first inning I threw two or three innings warming up. |
They had me there for seven years and the way they treat me at the end, I knew that they would probably get rid of me. I don't blame the Padres. I don't blame anybody over there. They just did what's correct for their organization. It was (correct) for them as well as for me. |
They're hot and when you're hot everything works for you. They're comfortable and they're doing what they need to do to get ready for the playoffs. |
This will give me more confidence, especially after those three bad outings. |
With Derek, I've already tried everything, so I'm going to do the same thing. I don't have any particular plan with Jeter because any plan I've been trying, he's had success against me. What worse can happen? |
With two outs left for me before opening day, it gives me a lot of confidence. I was just trying to keep the ball down. Probably, I didn't have my best control in this game with my fastball. |