Edwin Jackson
Edwin Jackson
Edwin Jacksonis an American professional baseball pitcher for the San Diego Padres of Major League Baseball. He has previously played in MLB for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Tampa Bay Devil Rays / Rays, Detroit Tigers, Arizona Diamondbacks, Chicago White Sox, St. Louis Cardinals, Washington Nationals, Chicago Cubs, Atlanta Braves, and Miami Marlins. Jackson was an All-Star in 2009 and threw a no-hitter on June 25, 2010...
behind count hits needed
The big hits they had were where I was behind in the count and I had to come at them. They got the hits when they needed to.
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I want to show it. I'm not the one who is going to talk. I'd rather go out and let my actions speak for it rather than talk a bunch of game. As far as I'm concerned, nothing is going to be given to me. In the back of my mind there's five spots and I'm competing for one of those five spots.
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I learned how to run a good business and be successful in life.
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I'm not the one to talk it. I want to go out and just do it.
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I try not to think about it, and if it's hurting, try not to show it. If it was that big a deal and I couldn't pitch with it, I wouldn't pitch. A lot of times in baseball, you're not 100 percent. It depends on how mentally strong you are. That's what it all comes down to.
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It's definitely something you have to believe in. People can say that you have great stuff, but if you don't believe it, you're not going to pitch with conviction like you have good stuff.
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This year I'm just going out and using my best stuff. I'm not trying to paint. I'm not a finesse pitcher. I'm not going to be the one who is going to paint here or paint there. I'm going to throw hard to a certain area and keep the ball down.
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Throw hard, be aggressive, make the hitters earn it.
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I've been here before. It's not like I'm new to the situation. It's not like if they tell me I'm going to Triple A, I'm not going to break down, cry or go down there and get mad and not work. I've been there before. So I'm ready to handle any situation that is thrown at me.
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A five-run lead just makes you that much more aggressive. You want to bear down and keep a lead when you have one.
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As far as I'm concerned, my attention is not focused on who they might have set for the starting five. I can only worry about what I can control, pitch the way I know I can pitch. I'll let everything else happen on its own. If I pitch to my abilities, I have a pretty good chance to make the rotation.
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That's going to be a big thing for me, to get ahead. A lot of the time when I've struggled I've walked people and been behind in the pitch count. I just want to come out and get ahead.
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Definitely, me being a competitor, I like to get even. No one likes to get beat down. For me pitching to the Yankees twice, I tried to look at it in a positive way. Just as well as I can do bad, I can go out and do good. I'm ready to handle any challenge. It's fun going out there and compete against guys who can hit.
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Sometimes it's tough (to be patient). But you have to be strong-minded and understand that you have time and you're still young.