John Patterson
John Patterson
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.
game
You're never out of a game in this league.
game lost took won
We told them before the game that the game was going to be won or lost on the boards, and they took it to us on the boards.
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.
adjust against arena change fields game inside kids played until wide
The fields are all the same. They're 80-feet wide by 50-yards long. That doesn't change from one arena to the next. We hadn't been inside until we played our first game against Arkansas. I think the kids will be able to adjust pretty easily.
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.
against beat football good last liked played taking
We were pretty beat up last week. That's not an excuse. I'm not taking anything away from Osceola because they've got a very good football team. I would have liked to have played against them with everyone healthy.
miracle
It would take a miracle at this point.
showing umpire
I shouldn't have done it. He thought I was showing the umpire up.
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.
great hold time
We didn't hold up our end of the bargain. The first time through the rotation, we didn't do a great job.
against balls breaking fastball felt korean mechanics threw today
Everything today went really well. My mechanics felt better than that one inning I threw against the Korean team. The breaking balls still aren't there yet, but my fastball and changeup felt real good.
decisions deeper eight happy innings instead late learn needed nine runs scoring seeing seven until
I was happy with the way I was pitching, but I needed to go deeper in games. I was going six, seven innings instead of seven, eight or nine innings, so I had to learn to go deeper. Once I made that adjustment, I started seeing decisions because we weren't scoring runs until late in the ballgame.
ball changes definitely gives hard hold mud
It definitely changes the way the ball feels. If you get a new baseball, it's slick, it's hard to hold on to. If you put some mud on it, it gives you a better grip.