Jason Schmidt
Jason Schmidt
Jason David Schmidt, is an American former Major League Baseball pitcher. In his career he has played for the Los Angeles Dodgers, San Francisco Giants, Pittsburgh Piratesand Atlanta Braves, by whom he had been drafted in the eighth round, 206th overall, of the 1991 draft...
emotions familiar free good mixed time
I thought it was a 50-50 thing. I have mixed emotions about it. I'm going back to a familiar team. I never said I didn't want to be here. It's just it would have been a good time to be a free agent.
francisco free good happy san time
I'm happy to be in San Francisco ... but it would have been a good time to be a free agent.
afford against couple early good great runs
It's always good to go out there against the great ones. Glavine's pitched like that his whole career. Fortunately, I got a couple of runs early and that helped. I could afford to make a mistake.
attention barry everybody good leave less nobody pays pitch pressure waiting
It's not any more pressure to pitch when Barry is on your team. In some ways, it's kind of less pressure. Nobody pays attention to you sometimes. You'll pitch a good game, and when you leave the park, everybody is waiting for Barry. I like it.
good guy guys job picking thrown
For me, being a guy who doesn't usually get too many guys thrown out, Mike's doing a good job picking up my back.
secret
I don't know what the big secret is.
division heard
I was surprised. I heard he'd been working out hard. The division is kind of up for grabs. I thought he would come back and give us a little boost. ... If you're hurt, you're hurt.
above beyond everybody harder intensity level nobody prepares puts works
Nobody works harder than him, that's for sure. Just the way he prepares for the game. His intensity level is above and beyond what everybody else's is. He really puts everything into it.
ended five thrown time week
I think when I did it in L.A. the first time (on Sept. 7), I couldn't have thrown even one more pitch, ... (Saturday) I ended up making five innings. I don't know if that's progress; I don't think it's going backwards. I don't think I've made it severely worse, by any means, and now I get another week to let it rest.
arm chance felt half line lower name throw
The arm felt good, but mechanically I just couldn't get going. I couldn't line up my arm with the lower half and give myself a chance to throw strikes. That's the name of the game, and I just didn't do that.
biggest difference extension fastball last life
Last year, I was just so wild. I didn't have any life. This year, I feel like I have some extension on my fastball and a little life on the end. That's the biggest difference from last year. I just couldn't do that.
attribute felt happy impossible last seems since team throw year
Last year I felt good. I just didn't get any results. It seems like since I've been on this team the changeup has been impossible to throw here. I attribute that to Arizona. It hasn't been half-bad this year. I don't know what to attribute that too, but I'm happy with it.
five found mph pitch somehow tank
I thought every pitch I was going to come out of the game, ... I had another 7, 8 mph in the tank I couldn't go to, and that was disappointing. Somehow I found a way to get through five innings.
felt hitter hitting playing spots
I felt good. I was just working on hitting my spots more than anything, kind of playing catch. It's a different look with a hitter up there.