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" Just trying to go out there and do the same thing I do every time, take it one pitch at a time and give us the best chance to win. "
Drew Pomeranz
Go
Chance
Win
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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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" 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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" I don't mind walking guys as long as I don't give up runs. "
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" My goal is to go out there, make every start. "
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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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" In my bullpen sessions, I'm just trying to feel comfortable, throw strikes, and not get too complicated. "
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" Just flush it if something bad happens. That's the way I was raised to play baseball. "
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Baseball
" The big thing will be having two pitches you can throw for strikes and developing a change-up, too. "
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Throw
Will
Two
" 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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Now
You
Three
" 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
" Every outing is a learning experience. "
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Outing
Every
Experience
" I've done literally everything there is to do on a baseball field as a pitcher. "
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Done
Baseball
Field
" 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
Meant To Be
Fast
" I can pretty much take anything that comes at me. "
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Me
Much
" Getting my curveball back and finding another pitch just helped me figure out how to pitch. "
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Finding
Back
Figure
" 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
" 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 was a thrower. I think I'm more of a pitcher now. "
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I Think
More
" You can work this hard and sometimes not get recognition for it. "
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You
Recognition
Hard
" You can be a two-pitch guy and be successful, but your room for error is very small. "
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You
Room
" 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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Time
First Time
" 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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Little
Me
" 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
" 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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Win
Great
Race