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" At the end of the day, it's me versus you, and I'm trying to get you out. If I can throw you six curveballs in a row and get you out, I'm going to do it all day. "

Drew Pomeranz

End Of The Day

I Can

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Early

Pressure

" Every outing is a learning experience. "

" The big thing will be having two pitches you can throw for strikes and developing a change-up, too. "

" My goal is to go out there, make every start. "

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Every

Start

" I'm pretty prepared for anything. You could shove me out there in any situation - I've done it. "

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Done

You

" It hasn't been very normal in my career, but that first year in pro ball was the craziest year ever. "

" As a pitcher, you can't afford to get too ticked off. "

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" Getting my curveball back and finding another pitch just helped me figure out how to pitch. "

" It's pretty frustrating waiting for anything. "

" I've always been fastball-curveball and really relied on that pitch, and when it goes away, it just totally changes how you attack hitters. "

" Every time is a learning experience, and you pick up a little bit, and you learn things and try not to repeat them the next time. "

" All I can focus on is my performance, and that's going to help me be successful, no matter where I am. "

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Help

I Am

" Just flush it if something bad happens. That's the way I was raised to play baseball. "

" The cutter has really helped me stay in the game longer and helped me get past the five, six innings a little more consistently. "

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Stay

Little

" After the first time I got traded - I was in the bullpen warming up for a game in Double A, and I got called back in and got traded - that was probably the, like, most crazy it could be. And once I got traded, the next time it got a little easier, and I got traded the next time - it's just part of it. "

" I was 11 years old and have the same curveball I have now. So I was literally striking everybody out. I always threw hard, and I was bigger than all the kids, so I would throw hard and throw that curveball, and no one could hit me. "

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Same

Hard

" Repeating my mechanics was difficult. I was always trying to do something different to make it click. "

" Ten minutes before starting a game in Akron, they said, 'Sit down, you're done.' Then I went to Arizona and sat there. There was no one to tell me what to do. I just had to wait. "