Matt Clement

Matt Clement
Matthew Paul Clementis a former Major League Baseball starting pitcher. Clement played for the San Diego Padres, Florida Marlins, Chicago Cubsand Boston Red Sox. While on the Red Sox active roster, he was injured all of the 2007 season. He batted and threw right-handed...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth12 August 1974
again time
Every time he's been in there he's pitched his butt off and he did it once again today.
course fallen game job second time
It's part of the game and part of the job description. Unfortunately, it's fallen on my day every time over the course of the second half.
body break catch glad hit nice time
It's nice to catch a break there, especially this time of year. I'm just glad it didn't hit my body.
deep extra games guys helps people playing time
Any time you can go deep into a game, especially when you're playing so many games in a row, it helps those guys out in the bullpen, ... Being that it's September, there are a lot of people who need the extra day's rest.
again behind came defensive good great nixon people plays pole time today underrated understand
I had some great defensive plays behind me. I've said it time and time again, Trot Nixon is about as underrated an outfielder defensively as you can get. People don't understand how good he is, especially at Wrigley with the Pesky Pole and everything else. Once again he came up with a great play today that will probably get overlooked.
battle ready worked
It was unfortunate the way it worked out but you've got to get ready to battle again.
clutch hits seen teams three win
I've been on teams for three years and I haven't seen as many clutch hits as he's had this year. If that's not enough to win the MVP, I don't know what is.
definitely expected
Yeah, it's definitely not as loud. But I expected that.
health rotation starting
I think our starting rotation has a lot of potential. It just comes down to health.
criticize good people
I think people criticize his hitting, but this guy's as good as you're going to get at shortstop.
certain half matter matters next point second somebody wins
It doesn't matter now how many wins somebody had in the second half or how somebody was at a certain point in the season, ... All that matters now is your next start.
affected johnny played stuff
Johnny has a lot of stuff going on the side, but it never affected the way he played on the field.
good pitching problem
Having a lot of pitching is usually a good problem to have because you're usually going to need it at some point.
seize underdog worried
I don't think we're worried about who's the underdog or the favorite, we just get to the postseason and now you have the opportunity, ... Hopefully, we can seize it.