Paul Byrd
Paul Byrd
Paul Gregory Byrdis an American former professional baseball right-handed starting pitcher. He pitched in Major League Baseball from 1995 to 2009. He is known, perhaps ironically, as being the "nicest guy in baseball". In 2002, Byrd developed an old-fashioned, early twentieth-century windup in which he swung his arms back and forth to create deception and momentum. He became recognizable and well known for his unique delivery...
balls breaking cost hot threw
I thought they were hot and I could have done a better job. I threw too many breaking balls and it cost me.
feed games
I think we feed off that. These games count. That (emotion) is the way it should be.
brings fired gets purpose
It gets you fired up. I know they don't do it on purpose, but it brings you to another level.
excited giving glad ready
I'm honored, excited and glad they're giving me the ball. I'm ready to go.
anybody ball key locate nobody throw
I was able to locate the ball; that is the key for me. If I can locate the ball, I can get anybody out. If I throw the ball over the middle, I get nobody out.
change confidence felt game gave given glad honored losing mike situation struggled though trusted york
I was just glad that Mike had given me the ball. In Game 1, they had a lot of confidence in me. Even when I struggled in New York he had a lot of confidence in me even though I was losing velocity. So I felt honored that they trusted me and gave me the ball. That doesn't change even though the situation is different.
anyone quickly score seen
Just amazing. I've never seen anyone score that quickly from second.
came execution few plays situation
It came down to a few plays of execution. We were able to execute. It's not a situation where they failed. We just executed well.
liked offense threw
I threw OK. I would have liked to get more innings, but our offense showed what it can do.
ball felt hitting last spots
I felt good. I was hitting my spots and I felt like they weren't squaring the ball up on me and I didn't feel like they were comfortable up there. But the last inning it all changed.
based corners importance people pitch strike though
I can't do anything different based on the importance of the game. I just have to pitch my game. I've said that all along, even though it's playoffs, you're going to get 85, 86, 87 (miles-per-hour) on the corners and I'm not going to strike too many people out.
control deal few rely
I can't say enough about our bullpen, ... I'm a control pitcher, I don't rely on velocity. It wasn't a big deal to me. I got away with a few pitches.
ball bit bullpen coming control deal few great move picking rely velocity
I can't say enough about our bullpen coming in and picking me up. I'm a control pitcher, so I don't rely on great velocity anyway. It wasn't a big deal for me. I was able to move the ball around a little bit and got away with a few pitches.
based game importance people pitcher strike though
I can't really do anything different based on the importance of the game, ... Even though it's the playoffs, you're going to get 85, 86, 87 (mph) on the corners. I'm not going to strike too many people out, not going to give up too many runs. I just keep us in the game and battle. I need some runs. I need hitting. That's just the kind of pitcher I am.