Brian Bannister
Brian Bannister
Brian Patrick Bannisteris an American former professional baseball starting pitcher. He played for the New York Mets and Kansas City Royals of Major League Baseball from 2006 through 2010 and is currently the assistant pitching coach for the Boston Red Sox...
I was nervous. I know what's at stake.
adjust adjustment belong determine fears future guys league rely team win
I have to get over my own fears of being out there. Do I belong here? Once that happens, I feel like I can be part of this team and rely on these guys to win games. I think a new guy always has an advantage. Once they adjust to me, it will be my adjustment back to this league that will determine my future success.
advantage guys rely spring team trying
I'm trying to take advantage of it like in spring training. It's one of those things where I'd like to get over with it now and go out there, and once that happens, then I feel like I can be a part of this team and really just rely on these guys like they can on me.
interested process
I'm very much interested in the process of pitching.
eat innings job lay low pitch shadows stay whatever
I'm the new guy. My job is to lay low and pitch whatever they need pitched. If I stay in the shadows and eat innings all year, I'll be doing my job.
changing either ready regular
I'll be ready either way. I'm on my regular routine. I'm not changing a thing.
everybody played supposed
I like the underdog. Look at me. If everybody played the way they were supposed to, I wouldn't be here.
chance eat game knew lay needed pitch role team win
I knew my role was to come in here and to lay low, to just eat up innings, to pitch any game they needed me to pitch and to just give this team a chance to win every time. It wasn't to come in here and take over the show.
victor
I'm pretty flexible. It's all up to Victor and how he feels. I'm still on my schedule, so it doesn't matter.
bases felt game gave guys pat pitch run tough watching
I gave him a pat because I felt right there with him. It's tough watching those guys run around the bases and you can't do anything about it, especially after you pitch well. It's just sometimes the game comes down to one pitch. It's frustrating. We didn't have to say anything. We felt each other's pain.
alive pure staying ugly winning wonder
That's winning ugly and just staying alive out there. Sometimes I wonder what I win with. Sometimes it's just pure determination.
against attack cuba pitching
That's how I should have done it. If I were pitching against Cuba now, I'd attack them so much differently.
child good mom morning surgery tough
It was kind of a bittersweet day. My mom was having a tough morning because one child was having surgery and the other had good news.
belief best career everybody faith gets gives goes hard hard-work reason starting team winning work
It's a knack, it's a gift, and there's also a lot of hard work that goes into it. There's a reason you have a .700 career winning percentage. He always gives his team a chance. When he gets on the mound, everybody just has a faith in him. That's the best thing you can do as a starting pitcher: give your team a belief they're going to win that night.