You can't go out to the mound hobbling and take a pitcher out with a cane.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I can understand the fact you don't want the ball slipping out of a pitcher's hand because someone can get hurt.
You don't always make an out. Sometimes the pitcher gets you out.
If you can get an out on one pitch, take it. Let the strikeouts come on the outstanding pitches. Winning is the big thing. If you throw a lot of pitches, before you know it, your arm is gone.
Every time I take the mound, I try to win. So that's what I'm trying to do.
AT&T Park, chalk it up. This is a great pitcher's park, great weather. It's a great place to pitch. It's all positive and no negative. You can go out and challenge guys. I've got the confidence to attack the strike zone and not nibble so much.
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.
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.
Pitchers are going to break. You can limit their pitches and limit their innings, and they're still going to blow out. Pitching is hard on the arm.
A pitcher is not a ballplayer.
A pitcher is only as good as his legs.