For me, it's just going up on the mound and trying to get outs.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
For me, the game starts with starting pitching.
Every time I take the mound, I try to win. So that's what I'm trying to do.
I love being out there on the mound with the ball in my hand. I can control the game. I'm out there. No clock - nothing happens until I throw that thing. Nothing happens. I love that feeling.
I've been shooting the ball and running a little bit. It's just going out here now and forgetting that I've been out and try to get back in and make sure I know what's going on out there on the floor and that we're just not lost as a team.
For me, it's about trying to be the best in a sport where there's little room for error.
I'm sitting here with the Mets, and I get to throw out the first pitch. That's one of the coolest things in the world for anybody.
I just try to get on anyway that I can, hit, hit-by-pitch, walk, home runs, anything.
After I hit a home run I had a habit of running the bases with my head down. I figured the pitcher already felt bad enough without me showing him up rounding the bases.
When I get onto the pitch, I block out everything around it, and I really focus on the pitch.
Usually during the regular season, if you're starting pitcher, you're kind of walking back and forth from the clubhouse to the dugout and not really paying attention to what's going on.