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" I'm 5 o'clock lightning, for sure. "
Drew Pomeranz
Sure
Lightning
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" I was a thrower. I think I'm more of a pitcher now. "
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" 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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" 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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" As a pitcher, you can't afford to get too ticked off. "
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" I've had the benefit of doing pretty much everything. So I'm really pretty comfortable in any situation. "
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" When you don't have one that you throw for strikes - they are good hitters - they can cancel out one pitch and go to another. Now I have four pitches. If one's not working, I've got three others. It makes the game totally different. "
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" 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
" Pretty excited to get to Boston. Great city and great team; they're in the race. They want to win here, and that's what I want to do. "
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" 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 don't mind walking guys as long as I don't give up runs. "
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Give
Guys
" I haven't been on too many winning teams - in Oakland, we were in first place most of the year, and it was pretty fun, pretty exciting. "
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Year
Fun
Winning
" In my bullpen sessions, I'm just trying to feel comfortable, throw strikes, and not get too complicated. "
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Trying
Comfortable
Complicated
" I've done literally everything there is to do on a baseball field as a pitcher. "
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Done
Baseball
Field
" I'm pretty prepared for anything. You could shove me out there in any situation - I've done it. "
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Me
Done
You
" It's hard to be a two-pitch guy. People tell you that, but you don't really believe it. "
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Guy
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" 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. "
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Always
Changes
Just
" 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
" 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
" Getting my curveball back and finding another pitch just helped me figure out how to pitch. "
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Finding
Back
Figure
" 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
Me
" It's pretty frustrating waiting for anything. "
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Waiting
Frustrating
Pretty
" 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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Learning
Time
Learn
" 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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Bad
Always
" I threw a lot of fastballs in college. "
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College
Threw
Lot
" You can work this hard and sometimes not get recognition for it. "
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You
Recognition
Hard
" 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
" I can pretty much take anything that comes at me. "
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Anything
Me
Much