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...
mind
In my mind, you can only keep Vladimir Guerrero down so long.
attitude delirious good travel
I don't know if we were delirious out there or what. We've had a real good attitude about our travel situation.
guys
I don't know if we're delirious, or what. Guys haven't really complained.
best couple feels good last mechanics pennant pitch race struggled
I didn't have my best stuff; I struggled with my mechanics early. It feels good to go out and have a good performance. My last couple were poor. It doesn't feel good to go out in a pennant race and not pitch well.
believe came chance win
I came here because I believe this organization has a chance to win now and on into the future.
arm definitely due expect fatigue felt hoping lack last late personally rebound start throw
I definitely felt some fatigue in my last start in Chicago, but I'm hoping that was due to a lack of rest, ... I personally don't throw that hard. I'm not a max-effort pitcher, so I expect my arm to rebound well and be able to go late into the game.
afraid changed democrats folk folks left poor talk
I changed because most of the Democrats left us. We need folk like him who aren't afraid to come talk to us poor folks here.
performance
I feel like because of my performance, we were never really in it.
I don't want to press, and I don't want to take it too lightly. It's frustrating, and it's not acceptable.
bullpen excited offense overcame picked poor sleep start teammates tonight
I'm really excited about the way my teammates picked me up tonight. The bullpen and our offense overcame my poor start and I'll be able to sleep tonight because of that.
contract family guaranteed kansas larger left money paying win
I left a lot of guaranteed money on the table. But my family said, 'How much money is enough?' They are paying me a lot in Cleveland. I want to win and that was more important than the larger contract in Kansas City.
behind count falling gets guy throw walked walking
I'm not a guy who gets behind in the count a lot. That's what's been so frustrating, falling behind and walking guys. But I'm not going to throw 10 years away because I walked some guys.
balls good start team works
You want to give your team a good start and put balls on the corners. Sometimes it works for me, sometimes I give up a lot of runs.
white
And I don't like the White Sox, so that helps.