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" Getting my curveball back and finding another pitch just helped me figure out how to pitch. "
Drew Pomeranz
Finding
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Figure
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" I've done literally everything there is to do on a baseball field as a pitcher. "
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" My goal is to go out there, make every start. "
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" There is stuff going on inside me. But I have always been told to go out there and pitch like you can't tell if you just struck somebody out or just gave up a home run. If something bad happens, I don't dwell on it. Just give me the ball and let me pitch. "
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" 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. "
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" My dad taught me really early so I could take a lot of pressure off my elbow. Because the way I throw it, it doesn't crank up my elbow like everyone else's curveballs. "
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" I can pretty much take anything that comes at me. "
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" I was a thrower. I think I'm more of a pitcher now. "
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" Six innings, you're doing your job. That's a good target to have, but I'm always looking to improve. There's three more innings of improvement left. "
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" 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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" 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. "
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Wait
You
Down
" I don't think I put too much pressure on myself. "
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Too Much
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" Repeating my mechanics was difficult. I was always trying to do something different to make it click. "
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Different
Trying
Always
" If you don't feel right, you're going to try to tweak every pitch, every little thing, things that probably don't even need tweaking. "
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You
Try
Need
" My dad was a really big baseball guy who helped coach me and thought the game should be played the right way. "
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Way
Thought
Me
" I've had the benefit of doing pretty much everything. So I'm really pretty comfortable in any situation. "
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Comfortable
Pretty
Doing
" It's hard to tell yourself to get ready when it's like, 'I need to make this freaking team first.' "
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Ready
Team
Tell
" It's pretty frustrating waiting for anything. "
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Waiting
Frustrating
Pretty
" I just want to pitch well enough for us to win. In my mind, that's what it's all about. "
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Us
Enough
Want
" 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. "
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Got
Time
First Time
" I don't mind walking guys as long as I don't give up runs. "
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Mind
Give
Guys
" I've got four pitches now. I don't have to use them all the time, but I've got them in my pocket now for when it's necessary. "
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Four
Now
Necessary
" No one wants to be known as a six-inning guy. "
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Known
Wants
Guy
" In my bullpen sessions, I'm just trying to feel comfortable, throw strikes, and not get too complicated. "
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Comfortable
Complicated
" Seven innings, three starts in a row, that's an improvement for me, and that's what I want to do: be out there in the game longer. "
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Game
Me
Improvement
" I was in the big leagues my first year in pro ball - pretty fast. I really don't think I had an understanding of what it meant to be a pitcher at that level at that point. "
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Think
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Fast
" It hasn't been very normal in my career, but that first year in pro ball was the craziest year ever. "
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Year
First
" As a pitcher, you can't afford to get too ticked off. "
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Get
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" I don't think much. I'm just going to keep doing what I've been doing. Adjust on the fly if I have to. "
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Going
Think
" 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. "
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End Of The Day
Me
I Can