Half the time, I have trouble following our own pitcher's sequence.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
You aren't going to stick around long with just two pitches.
I became a good pitcher when I stopped trying to make them miss the ball and started trying to make them hit it.
You better be looking for another pitcher.
My pitching philosophy is simple - keep the ball way from the bat.
What are you going to do? Admit to yourself that the pitchers have you on the point of surrender? You can't do that. You must make yourself think that the pitchers are just as good as they always have been or just as bad.
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.
It takes 20 victories for people to recognize you as a great pitcher.
In the minor leagues, previous to 2008, I took a lot of pitches. I prided myself on on-base percentage. I made sure that I made the pitcher work.
The way we're going... if I called up another pitcher, he'd just hang up the phone on me.
I always tried to watch the pitcher and his complete windup from the moment he had the ball in his glove all the way through his motion, and tried to follow it all the way out of his hand, all the way to home plate.