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«I think we felt pretty good about our bullpen, ... but, definitely, getting John back adds a lot.»
«It was the magnitude of the situation, in a game that was absolutely huge for us. We're not a team that shows a lot of emotion, and that's not a bad thing. But that situation was big.»
«It's pretty amazing what [Gagne] has done. Now, someone has to decide: Has a reliever accomplished something special enough to be considered? You can have that argument all day long. This year is maybe one of those occasions.»
«I could see that they were serious, ... Winning's important. I wanted to be a part of what they're trying to accomplish.»
«I am here to get ready for the season. My main objective is to throw good pitches. I want the guys to swing the bats and hit the ball. I was really happy for a while there, the fact I was getting ahead.»
«One of the things I noticed was how fast he was able to put the bat on the ball. He could recognize the pitch well before he had to swing, and then he would get around so fast, so hard.»
«After I sat down and thought about it, I learned a lot about the game, about myself.»
«After the first three starts, I'm like, OK, now I have a feel for all my pitches so I was telling (catcher) Johnny (Estrada), let's use all three. I just want to build off this and try to get better as we go along.»
«Everything went well. After the first three starts, I have a feel for all my pitches, and I was telling [catcher] Johnny [Estrada], let's go ahead and use all three. Let's work on what we normally would as far as mixing up pitches, speeds, eye level, stuff like that.»
«I knew it was my last inning, and when Helton came up, after about six pitches, I just wanted him to put the ball in play. I started trying to be too fine with pitches, and trying to throw the ball in a good spot over the plate that maybe he'd put in play. But it was good to be able to be stretched out like that. It was nice to get up and down five times.»