“I couldn't have thrown him three worse pitches. All three were just terrible. He must have thought I was Santa Claus after throwing those pitches. It was just sickening, especially the homer.”
“It's a lot of pressure in these games. Really for me, the hardest thing was that I couldn't pitch going through that mentally, wishing that some of that could have been on me.”
“There's been several times that I thought this would be my last start, but we've been able to get through it, ... Nothing ever where I didn't think I'd be able to pitch, but just, man, I might need to give it a few, give it a start or two. I had to confide in the trainers and confide in the doctors when they'd say, 'We think you're good to go,' and, 'Keep working through it.' ”
“What's amazing is it happened so fast. Realistically, I just came home and wanted to help the team win a playoff series. That's really what the goal was. Then Roger signed.”
