They might not want me, |
They're all tough. This is a different situation when your horse is out there and pitches his butt off. My job is to nail it down. |
This is where I'll live the rest of my life. I'd like to play here the rest of my career. |
To be able to get to 40 [saves] six or seven years shows consistency. That creates separation from a lot of closers. |
To get Adam back to where he was before he went down, that's a big lift for this ballclub. It's also nice to see some youth running around without aching backs and necks and arms, feeling spry. |
Velocity is one thing, but the thing that worries me is my ball-strike ratio is about 1-to-1. |
We have nothing to lose. We've just got to let it fly. We've played pretty good baseball. I think we just haven't caught a break. Things slip around. |
When he left, ... he was the best the game's seen. |
When you routinely do the things you have to do to get ready, everything does become second nature. |
When your horse is out there and pitches his butt off, my job is to nail it down, ... We would've liked to have fed off Jake's energy. The kid threw the heck out of the ball. |
You don't get that charge of being a complete team, walking away from the field with that winning feeling. Half the time you're walking away pissed off about the things you didn't do right. |
You just want to make the adjustment before they make the adjustment to you, ... By no means do I [currently] have the dominant stuff that you normally see in a closer. Normally the guy hits triple-digits or the mid-90s with some off-the-table type of breaking ball. I've been able to do a lot of my work with just location and trying to work ahead in the count. |
You've got your horse out there, and he pitches his butt off in that situation, it's my job to nail it down. Unfortunately, it provided a little bit of momentum for these guys going into tomorrow. |