I treat it as a challenge. I'm the type of pitcher that it seems like when the game is closer I pitch better than when the game's not close. |
I was able to keep the ball where I wanted to, for the most part. I made some pitches when I needed them. |
I was actually waking him up to go pitch the next inning. |
I was pretty pumped up after that, |
I was pretty pumped up because of the way (this game) was going. |
I'm just glad somebody scored. |
I'm sure he didn't sleep too well Monday night. |
I'm the kind of pitcher who seems to pitch better when the game is close. |
I've been changing my mechanics around in the last three or four starts, and I finally found something. It feels a little bit weird when I first break the ball from my glove, but I'm hiding the ball a lot longer. It's a lot better as far as getting strikeouts. I had to build my arm strength up for a different way of throwing. |
I've been told all my life that I come from too small a town to compete with some of the guys that competed in a higher level growing up. . . . And that kind of drove me. |
I've been trying to get my legs under me, and I feel good now. |
I've faced these guys 50 times it feels like already, |
If Steinbrenner wants me next year, my price is now a billion dollars. |
In the fifth or sixth they made an adjustment and were looking in, and if I threw away, they were letting the ball go. I didn't really figure that out till the fifth or sixth inning. |
It broke the game open, ... You don't need to be so fine then. |