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...
changing either ready regular
I'll be ready either way. I'm on my regular routine. I'm not changing a thing.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
everybody played supposed
I like the underdog. Look at me. If everybody played the way they were supposed to, I wouldn't be here.
both hope spot
Eventually, I hope they find a spot for both of us.
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.
contribute forward last looking minor prepared responsibility special three
This is going to be a special team. It's a lot of responsibility, but I'm looking forward to it. That's why I've prepared the way I have the last three years in the minor leagues, to get to this point, so I can contribute and they feel like I'm ready.
built team
This is a team that is built to win.
almost blessing early fourth pitches settle until
I didn't really settle down until the fourth inning. It was almost a blessing that it was cold. It made me concentrate on my pitches. I made pitches when I had to. But I wasn't right early in the count.