Joe Nathan
Joe Nathan
Joseph Michael "Joe" Nathanis an American professional baseball pitcher for the Chicago Cubs of Major League Baseball. Nathan started out his baseball career as a shortstop in high school and while at Stony Brook University, but converted to a pitcher after being drafted by the San Francisco Giants. He worked his way through the minor leagues, alternating between spots in the rotation and the bullpen. After a few years of splitting time between the majors and the minors, Nathan had...
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I think this game has proved that once you turn the calendar month it's almost like guys can start over again easier.
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When his name popped up, I thought it was a joke at first. Knowing him, I thought this was one of his pranks or something. ... With this testing, you've really got to be careful and you've really got to pay attention to what's going into your body.
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My thought was just to try to get ahead on strikes and make sure I'm around the plate. It's been a while since I've been out there, so in those situations you never know how you will react.
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By the end of the season, one will be entrenched as the Twins' stopper and it's a very good chance that it will be Nathan.
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These guys are doing what they have to do right now to put runs on the board, especially when we as a staff aren't doing as well as we'd like to. We still have to pick up some slack and when we do, hopefully we can pick them up sometimes, too.
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This is a huge loss. It's one of the more disappointing of this season. For our team to battle back, for them to do what they did and the way the guys threw before, it was awesome.
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This is a huge loss. It's one of the more disappointing blown saves for me.
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The last two outings were as sharp as we've seen him. Hopefully he's through his little slow start and on the right track. And now maybe other guys feed off what he's doing.