Mark Buehrle
Mark Buehrle
Mark Alan Buehrleis an American professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent. He began his Major League Baseballcareer with the Chicago White Sox and started the opening game every season from 2002 to 2006 and again from 2008 to 2011. He has also pitched for the Miami Marlins and Toronto Blue Jays. Buehrle pitched 200 innings in 14 consecutive seasons, tying Hall-of-Famers Greg Maddux, Phil Niekro, and Christy Mathewson. He has recorded at least 10 wins in 15 straight...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth23 March 1979
CitySaint Charles, MO
I've been doing that for four years. He said, 'You've got to come to first.' I don't know how I didn't since I threw the ball there. That's a big deal. It goes from 2-0 to 5-0.
The way Buehrle pitched, it seemed like they didn't need no signs,'' Guillen said.
Ever since the All-Star break, it seems like I haven't had too many good games. It's frustrating. We've still got six games with Cleveland. And the way that they're playing, they could sweep us right now. If we keep on playing like we're playing, we're not going to the playoffs. We'll be home on Oct. 3.
Everything is going our way. The balls are landing our way, the calls are going our way and we're getting that big hit when we need it. Everything you look at, how can't we win this thing? But we still have two more games to win.
Being a starting pitcher, you want to go out there and get as many runs early as you can. It happened a lot early in the season, and then the offense had been struggling lately. But any time you get a couple of runs early, it's nice to work with.
Being a starting pitcher, you want to be a 20-game winner. Every year you come into spring training hoping to get to that part. I've always said if I win five games and the team wins 90 percent of my starts, that's all I can hope for, give my team the best chance to win.
The team that struggles on the road or the one that uses the light in center field? Something's strange. They don't play so good on the road, and at home everybody's Babe Ruth.
I wanted to go back out there for a couple more innings. My pitch count was down, and it was the best I've felt all spring.
Down in the bullpen everything was working for me. Pretty much in that situation, you got the Adrenalin going and if your arm is hurting or whatever, once you get on the mound. ... I was pretty loose. I can throw 15 or 20 pitches and be ready to go.
To be honest, this was probably one of the most nervous games I've ever pitched in. Coming off last year, the crowd was really into it. The guys on the other club have been kind of mouthing off, talking about how they were a better team than us. So I really wanted us to come out and do just what we did.
We're definitely going to need these guys, so hopefully they're getting the rust out now,
I wasn't getting ahead in the count. Whenever you are falling behind in the count, you have to lay a pitch in there.
I think people know what the Red Sox did to the Yankees last year, and with that lineup, we can't slow down.
It doesn't get worse than that. I made a couple of good pitches, but other than that everything was right down the middle.