John Patterson
John Patterson
feeling good
It was good to get back to RFK and get that feeling again.
america ballgame fighting health intense nail point reward risk seem states tooth united
It's an intense, intense ballgame when you put the United States of America on your chest. You are fighting tooth and nail for your country. Health was a risk, and the risk to the reward didn't seem like it was there for me at this point in my career.
felt good hard
It was really hard for me to get frustrated, because I felt so good, and I was making good pitches. It was just Hennessey and Bonds.
believed early eventually everybody far given healthy pitch potential turn
This is what I've always believed that I could do. I mean, if I would have given up on that I don't know how far I would have eventually gotten. I believed that I could turn it around and get over the injuries, get healthy and go out and pitch and show the potential that everybody thought I had early in my career.
five four games period pitching wear
That's accumulated stress. Pitching in all those one-run games over a period of four or five months, it can wear on you. It can wear on you physically, and it can wear on you mentally.
beat good happen last
It's strange. Last year, you couldn't beat us here. We need something good to happen to us.
aggressor believer physical
They were just much more physical than we were. I'm a big believer that most of the time, the aggressor wins. (Friday), they were the aggressor. Most of the time, we have been the aggressors this year.
areas asked capacity concern federal government great law local loss officers resources serve
This pending immigration legislation is of great concern to law enforcement. Local governments should not be asked to do that which the federal government can't or won't do. We do not have the resources or capacity to serve as immigration officers without great loss to other areas of law enforcement.
excited feeling neat people seem
People seem to be excited to have us back in town. It does have a neat feeling in this stadium.
showing umpire
I shouldn't have done it. He thought I was showing the umpire up.
ball caught game spike thinking throwing
I caught my back spike a little bit, just tossing the ball in there, and I said, 'Oh, my gosh.' ... But I didn't think about it during the game at all. I was thinking about throwing strikes.
along coming eating energy feeling sick strength
I feel better, ... My energy level's going back up. I'm feeling some strength coming back. I'm eating better. All the things that go along with being sick -- eating and my energy -- are getting better.
game
You're never out of a game in this league.
easy fairly games kids plan time
The games were so close, the preparation time was fairly easy for us. The kids executed the game plan very well.