Chris Carpenter
Chris Carpenter
Christopher John "Chris" Carpenteris an American retired professional baseball starting pitcher. He played 15 seasons in Major League Baseballfor the Toronto Blue Jays and St. Louis Cardinals from 1997 to 2012. A Cy Young Award winner and two-time World Series champion, he was also a three-time All-Star selection. In addition, he was twice named the Sporting News National League Pitcher of the Year, and voted for a number of Comeback Player of the Year awards for surmounting injury...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth27 April 1975
CityExeter, NH
adjustment ball hate losing mind strike
I hate losing, never mind losing that way, not being able to make an adjustment and get the ball down in the strike zone. It's just an angry, disgusting, embarrassing feeling.
ball breaking good sink
I had pretty good sink on my fastball, my cutter was good, my breaking ball was good.
ball felt ground kept strike
I felt like I kept the ball down in the strike zone, and that's why I was getting those ground balls,
allowed command complete definitely felt finish game last ninth rush starts taking trying
I felt good. I definitely felt better than my last two starts mechanically. My sinker was better. My cutter was better. My command was better. What allowed me to finish the game was taking the ninth like it was the first. If you rush through the ninth trying to get outs, you're not going to complete that game.
ability control pitch
I feel like I have the ability to go out there and control myself and control each pitch way more than I've ever done before,
chance control game pitches team
I can only control what I can control and that's go out and try to make pitches and keep my team in the game and give them a chance to win. So that's all I'm going to do.
If it wasn't for (Mackowiak), it would have been an all-right game.
concerning enjoy hit mound next nice pitching short start wall
I actually enjoy pitching here. It's a nice place. I like the park. The mound is good. If you start concerning yourself with that short wall in left, the next thing you know, you go away from your game. They still have got to hit it out there.
anyone awesome best consistency hitter matter numbers obviously puts score takes
He's phenomenal, ... He doesn't give any at-bats away, no matter what the score or what the situation. He's obviously an awesome hitter -- the best hitter I've ever seen. The numbers that he puts up, the way he takes every at-bat, the consistency that he has every day, is better than anyone I've ever seen.
gotten mentality point understand
I always had that mentality but I've gotten to a point where I understand how to use it. It's all about controlling it in your head.
aspect bit brings compete definitely enjoy everybody fits four fun guy keeps nice park pulling ready serious starts together
He fits in good. Sidney has a lot of fun. He brings that aspect to the other four of us in the rotation. He makes us enjoy being together a little bit more. We're the more serious types. He's definitely a different guy when he comes to the park and it's his day to pitch. He's serious, and you know he's ready for his day. But in between starts he keeps us laughing. It's fun to have him around. Everybody in here is pulling for him. When you're around him, you can see he's a nice guy, and he's here to compete and win.
fingers hands happened
When I was out there in the sixth, my hands and my fingers started cramping up, ... The same thing happened when I went up to hit.
amount consistent continue establish everybody expected hard learn major move obviously outside pressure putting three trying
When you're trying to learn and establish yourself and be consistent in the major leagues, it's hard to do that with the amount of pressure everybody from the outside is putting on you. But obviously all three of us were able to continue to be successful, move on and do the things everybody expected us to be able to do.
experience five fun guys plays solid staff
We have a solid staff and we have five guys that have experience and know how to pitch. It's going to be a fun year. We've still got to go out and play the games, but we have the potential. We'll see how it plays out.