Chris Capuano
Chris Capuano
Christopher Frank Capuanois an American professional baseball pitcher for the Milwaukee Brewers of Major League Baseball. He previously played for the Arizona Diamondbacks, Milwaukee Brewers, New York Mets, Los Angeles Dodgers, Boston Red Sox, and New York Yankees...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth19 August 1978
CityWest Springfield, MA
ask basic close phrase reading speaking
Every day I try to ask him a new phrase in Japanese. Like, 'What are you doing tomorrow?' or, 'How are you?' I'm not even close to ever speaking it or reading it fluently. But I know some basic phrases.
happens hurt lay pitches
When you give up and lay one in there is when you get hurt the most, ... It just so happens I was able to make pitches when it counted.
against facing machine substitute
There is no substitute for facing live pitching. When you go against the machine or the coaches, it's just not the same.
animosity class finish gave opportunity school toward
I always want to do well, ... I don't have any animosity toward the Diamondbacks. They were always a class organization. They let me finish school before I started pitching. They gave me every opportunity to succeed.
ball keeping trouble
I was having a little trouble keeping the ball down to Andruw Jones.
carried clean felt game good last offense played
It felt good to have a low-scoring game, a clean game played with good defense. Our offense carried over from last night.
believe
That was huge. We have to believe in each other, and to do that, things like that have to happen.
maybe sloppy
That was a sloppy inning. Take it away, and maybe we win.
That was the only thing I did well.
biggest doubt happy moment
That was no doubt the biggest moment of the game. I was so happy to see him get out of that.
bad behind bullpen came pitch played proud shut team
I was just so proud of how the team battled, really unbelievable. I didn't pitch well, but I can't feel bad the way the team played behind me and the bullpen came in and shut the door.
behind fell felt giving physically recipe
I felt physically OK, ... I fell behind some hitters, and that usually is a recipe for giving up some runs.
biggest command good mean pain pound strike zone
I didn't have good command of my pitches. I wanted to pound the strike zone and I go 2-0 to the first guy. But it doesn't mean anything. Physically, no pain no problem. That was the biggest thing.
ahead biggest count early hitters strikes throwing
Getting ahead of hitters and throwing a lot more strikes early in the count has been the biggest difference.