Ian Snell
Ian Snell
Ian Dante Snellis an American former professional baseball right-handed pitcher. He played in Major League Baseballfor the Pittsburgh Pirates and Seattle Mariners. From 2001 to 2003, he went by the name Ian Oquendo, adopting the last name of his wife, and during the 2009 World Baseball Classic he went by Ian Davila-Snell, adopting his stepfather's surname. He throws a mid-90s fastball, along with a curveball, slider and changeup...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth30 October 1981
asked baseball excited high level playing struggled team
I'm just excited for my team. To get my team on a high level of playing baseball right now. We struggled of late. I couldn't have asked for a better outing. It was really good.
cherish grew pitcher
I'm going to cherish this for a long time. He's a pitcher I grew up idolizing and wanted to be like.
hope judge
I hope they don't judge me on this one. Or the ones before it.
bad boos game good heart team trying
I made some good pitches, some bad pitches. I was just trying to keep my team in the game as much as I can. The boos were kind of getting to me, but I gutted it out. I wanted to show how big my heart is.
baseball car care drive fancy political stuff typical worry wrapped
I'm not the typical ballplayer. I don't drive a fancy car like a lot of guys. I don't get wrapped up in a lot of stuff. I just like to play baseball and win. That's what I care about. The other stuff is political stuff and I don't worry about it.
job trying
I've just got to keep doing what I'm doing right now. That's the only thing I can control. I'm just trying to do a job and get a job.
felt great oh
Oh man, it felt great out there. It felt like everything was working all the way through.
anger belong chip focused game mad throwing
It was a big game for me to show myself that I belong here. I was pretty mad today. I pitched with a chip on my shoulder. When they got hits, it was making me mad. ... I focused that anger on throwing strikes.
fastball game league pitch throw
It was a big game for me. Just to show myself that I can be here, pitch to big league hitters, get them out and throw my fastball and other pitches.
bumps
It's real tough, but that's the game. You have to go through your bumps and bruises before you get going.
confidence joke last win
We've got all the confidence in the world in each other. Last year, I told Duke, let's do what we did in Triple-A. Let's have fun, joke around with each other - and try to win some games.
busted coaching good gotten helped key staff tail words
I've busted my tail this spring. I've gotten good words from the coaching staff and they've helped me out a lot. They don't want you to let up and they haven't let me do that, and that's a key for me.
beat couple good swagger
I feel good right now. I'm getting my swagger back. ... That's very important, because if I don't have it, I'll get beat around like I did the first couple of games.
game head throwing
I told myself then to keep my head in the game and keep throwing strikes.