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...
afraid credit giving good guys hitters pitch trouble
I think I've been giving these guys too much credit for being good hitters. I know they are good hitters up here, but I can't be afraid to pitch to them. When I get in trouble I am able to go after them.
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.
approach guys pitch pitches walk
My approach is I don't give in. I'll walk guys before I'll give them a pitch they can drive. I'll keep making my pitches all day.
pitch prove role whatever
Whatever role they have for me is fine. I just wanted to prove to myself that I could pitch at this level.
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.
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.
fastball felt johnson nick pitch threw
I felt right there with him. I threw the same pitch to Nick Johnson - fastball up.
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.
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.
throw
When you throw strikes, they are going to get hits.
assistant built third
I was the third assistant on the shoot. We built the set and everything.
I was nervous. I know what's at stake.
tight
It's really just tight right now. I don't think it's that bad.
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.