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
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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.
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We didn't really want to make a big deal. We didn't win the World Series. We're just getting in the postseason. We've got a lot of work ahead of us. If we win the World Series or we win the American League Championship, then we can act like that.
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We didn't really want to make a big deal, ... We didn't win the World Series. We're just getting in the postseason. We've got a lot of work ahead of us. If we win the World Series or we win the American League Championship, then we can act like that.
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They were probably closing downs bars in Chicago and Houston, ... Everybody was saying, 'We got to go to work tomorrow.'
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Without him in the second half, I don't know if we'd be here today.
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I don't think anybody expected us to play as well as we did in the first half all year long. We knew we were going to go in a little funk. We just had to hold it to a minimum. We would have liked to clinch about a month ago, but we're here and that's all that matters.
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I don't think anybody expected us to do what we did this year. But we're here, and we did it. We would have liked to clinch a month ago, but we're able to now, and that's all that matters.
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To have somebody out in center field or whatever they're doing, that's cheating.
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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.
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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.
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First happened, I thought Josh Paul threw the ball to the mound like he caught it. It's a heads up play by A.J. to run to first base like that.
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Every time I've seen it, it looks like it could go either way. One time, he looks out and one time he looks safe. I'm glad I wasn't put in that situation to make the call.
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I'd love to strike out 20 guys a game and throw the ball 95. But I don't have that. I gotta go out there and deal with what I have.
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My leg cramped up in the eighth inning. It was like getting an elbow to the knee. I wanted to go back out and finish it, but it was best to let the bullpen finish it.