John Koronka
John Koronka
John Vincent Koronkais an American former professional baseball pitcher, who played in Major League Baseballfor the Chicago Cubs, Texas Rangers, and Florida Marlins. He also played in Nippon Professional Baseballfor the Orix Buffaloes...
bear bullpen certain command corners felt good hit pitches trying work
My command was OK, most of all I was just trying to be too perfect. I was trying to hit the corners and was just missing. I felt pretty good in the bullpen and I thought I could do something, things that really didn't work out as I planned. I just had to bear down and make pitches and get out of certain situations.
cost mistake wish
I wish I could have had it back. I made one mistake that cost us.
bat change fastball practice threw tried walk
I didn't want to walk him, so I threw him a batting-practice fastball and tried to keep it down ... change his bat speed. It was probably a little more up than I wanted it to be.
calms gives huge offense
It's huge when your offense gives you a huge lead. It calms you down and you can go right after the hitters.
fastball half hitter inner keeping outer pounding rhythm strike
It was more of getting a rhythm and getting strike one. Getting strike one on a hitter makes it easier. I was pounding the fastball in there, keeping it down on the inner half and the outer half.
behind pitches stay sudden throw
It was not like all of a sudden I was going to throw off-speed pitches behind in the count. I've got to stay with my fastball.
emphasis jam pitcher worst
There's a big emphasis here on going after hitters. The worst thing you can do as a pitcher is get yourself into a jam with unnecessary walks.
came fastball glad happy stayed strike team threw
I came out, threw the first fastball down for a strike and stayed with it. I was just happy to do it for the team and glad we got a W before going to Oakland.