Craig Hansen
Craig Hansen
Craig Robert Hansenis an American professional baseball pitcher. A closer out of St. John's University, Hansen was drafted in 2005 and quickly made his major league debut, but has since spent most of his career in minor league baseball. At 6 feet 5 inches, Hansen reportedly can reach 97 to 98 miles per hourwith his fastball and mixes in a hard slider...
contribute enjoying
If I did get called up, I'd get called up. I'd try to contribute up there. I was enjoying it down here for as long as I was here, for as long as I was pitching.
couple feels happy throwing
I've been throwing it in a couple of bullpens down here and it feels great. It's got a lot of movement. I'm pretty happy with it right now.
excited felt glad help team
It felt great, ... I was really excited and I'm just glad I was able to help the team out tonight.
definitely since
It definitely makes it easier, ... since we got the win.
behind closer easy learned school today tomorrow
It is easy to put today behind me because in school I was a closer and I learned tomorrow we had another game.
knew red since
Since I was little, I knew that I have wanted to be part of the Red Sox-Yankees rivalry,
percent
I feel like I'm ready. I feel like my game's 100 percent right now.
exciting help pennant team time whatever year
It's exciting to come in at this time of year and just be a part of (the pennant race). Basically, I'm just here to help the team in any way I can. I'm down here to do whatever I can.
believes call clubhouse definitely expect front happened happening help knowing lucky office whatever
It's all been happening so fast, ... I definitely see it as me being lucky to be here, in the same clubhouse with some of these guys, knowing the front office believes in me enough to think I can help out. I didn't expect the call up; whatever happened, happened for a reason.
behind confidence easy key time today
They showed a lot of confidence to put me in such a key situation. Hopefully, when the time comes, I'll get in another one and come out on top. It will be easy for me to put today behind me.
exciting
I thought about how exciting it would be. It was more than I thought -- it was very loud.
definitely job
I was definitely disappointed, because my job is to go out there and pitch,
changed kids northeast scouts
I think it really changed the way some scouts look at Northeast kids and how they play ball.
against far inside looked pitch plan today weak
My whole plan today was getting in on hitters. I went inside on the first pitch and (Gomez) looked a little weak against it, so I went back in. Obviously, I got too far in.