After a while, it's too much to handle. You've got to release some stuff. Or you just take it. That's what makes you stronger. I'm just going to go out there and be myself and give everything I've got. |
Gorilla, you used the right word. Somebody said something about a monkey on our backs. No. It was a gorilla. |
He is a great hitter. He hit my best pitch. Give all the credit to him. |
He's a clubhouse favorite. Everybody loved him. |
I got a lot of ground-ball outs, which means I was keeping my fastball down. My breaking ball is coming along great. I gain more confidence in it every outing. |
I played with him in the minors, and you always knew he was going to make it. We'd be hanging out, and he was doing extra work in the cage. That's who he is. |
I was throwing a lot of soft stuff. I just embarrassed myself. It wasn't a good feeling. |
I'm getting more confidence in my off-speed pitch with every outing. Hitters are swinging at it, and that's a good sign. I want them to swing because that means it looks like a strike. I hate when they aren't swinging at it. The means it either doesn't look like a good pitch, or I'm not throwing it for strikes. |
I'm glad I stayed and watched. This was big, even bigger than the game in Florida. |
In the minors, my problems came early. I feel like the more I get going the better I am. I felt like I got stronger and stronger as the year went by. |
It was a tough sun; you can't blame that on anybody. |
It was a tough sun. You couldn't blame anybody for that. |
It?s fun to watch and fun to pitch when (the offense) is scoring runs like that. |
It's not a good feeling, at all. It's like trying to steer a car one way and it won't go. |
It's tough with the sun. You can't blame that on anybody. I knew I just had to keep making pitches, keep trying to get outs, and just keep the team in the game as much as possible and let the guys come back, just like they did. |