Kris Benson
Kris Benson
Kristin James Bensonis a former Major League Baseball starting pitcher...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth7 November 1974
resilient work
We are a resilient team. You've got to work through those things and come out ahead.
believe coming knew learn negative people portray spotlight time york
New York is just a world of its own. I knew that coming in, but you learn that a little more when you get put in the spotlight like that in a negative and undeserving way. It was a little frustrating at the time because people kind of believe what they read. For her it's been a little tough, because they kind of portray her in a negative light.
chance decent giving instead nice pitching team
It was nice to get back to pitching decent out there, ... instead of giving the team no chance to win.
good great looking opportunity
This could be very good for my career. It's a great opportunity for me. I'm looking at it as a positive.
maybe stayed
Any other ballpark, maybe it would have stayed in. Here, unfortunately, it didn't. It put me in a little bind.
five four learned pitches three trying worried year
Pretty much just everything isn't sharp. The three pitches that I've learned this year just aren't where I need them to be, which is understandable. I'm just trying to get those pitches in as much as I can into a live situation. I've still got four or five more starts, so I'm not worried about it.
best bit struggling stuff
I don't have my best stuff but I'm still winning. I'm struggling a little bit with my command.
against ball coming course glad opportunity pitch team win
Of course I wanted to pitch well coming back to this city. Against a team like this I just wanted to give the team an opportunity to win the ball game. I am glad to come out with a victory.
bothering coming luxury shoulder
But we're doing this just because we have the luxury of Trachs coming back. I'm not tired. My shoulder isn't bothering me.
excited heard shocked trade
I was shocked when I heard about the trade this morning, but the more I thought about it, the more excited I got.
cap execute executing guys last runners scoring telling tip
I was telling the guys over here that was the one thing they didn't do last year: execute with runners in scoring position. But I tip my cap to the guys for executing like that.
helped instead mistake
Making one mistake instead of two helped me,
fastball hot location pitches team
My fastball location was terrible. As hot as their team is, you've got to make your pitches and I didn't.
relief tough
It's kind of a relief just to get it over with. It's been a tough day.