I can't recall too much about pitching, but I do remember that I was anxious to get it over with. I just wanted to get that first game over with and go from there.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Pitching... sometimes I did so poorly, it brought me to tears.
Pitching is the art of instilling fear.
Pitching is a priority.
Pitching just felt like the most natural thing in the world.
Any time you can go out there and throw 12 pitches in any inning, you give your team some momentum coming in and get some confidence out on the mound.
I always got nervous the nights we played in the World Series. First pitch, I was nervous. Then after that, forget it; I'd start playing.
Pitching keeps you in the games. Home runs win the game.
I'm a huge advocate of pitching. You have to have good pitching as the solid core, the foundation. It keeps you in every game.
For me, the game starts with starting pitching.
As soon as I got out there I felt a strange relationship with the pitcher's mound. It was as if I'd been born out there. Pitching just felt like the most natural thing in the world. Striking out batters was easy.