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I was never a strikeout pitcher. Why should I throw eight or nine balls to get a man out when I got away with three or four?

But I got a guy on third, I was in a jam the other day in a game, all those situations, when you need a strikeout there, in big spots. But we are very aware of that fact, that these guys put the ball in play.

The actors in 'Eight Men Out' really know how to play, and the background athletes are all professionals.

I don't know why, but I felt as if I was always behind the eight ball, so to speak.

It's fun to be there with the guys, to practice with them, arrange the balls, do this, do that, but when you play you can get some of this nervousness out of your system.

If you rush in and out of the clubhouse, you rush in and out of baseball.

Some of the onus falls on us to make ourselves available for the ball, because we need to play inside-out. That's when we're at our best.

When you lose the ability to step up and hit the ball as hard and as far as you want, that also affects your ability to will the ball to go where you want it to go, if you know what I mean.

The man with the ball is responsible for what happens to the ball.

I'm at my most comfortable out on the pitch when I'm in front of goal with the ball at my feet. It's about being used to certain situations, and with time, you will find, chances don't get snatched at.