Ryan Madson
Ryan Madson
Ryan Michael Madsonis an American professional baseball pitcher for the Oakland Athletics of Major League Baseball. He previously played in MLB for the Philadelphia Phillies from 2003 to 2011 and the Kansas City Royals in 2015, winning a World Series with each team. He signed with the Cincinnati Reds and Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim but never played a game for either team due to injuries...
best credit great hit
He is a great hitter. He hit my best pitch. Give all the credit to him.
giving runs takes tough
This one's particularly tough just because giving up that many runs that early, it takes away from my hitters.
good soft throwing
I was throwing a lot of soft stuff. I just embarrassed myself. It wasn't a good feeling.
fastball good keeping means
That was a good sign. It means I'm keeping my fastball down. That's what I wanted to concentrate on doing.
curves last percent third threw
Last year, I threw curves not even 10 percent of the time. This year, it'll be my third pitch.
along breaking coming confidence fastball gain keeping means
I got a lot of ground-ball outs, which means I was keeping my fastball down. My breaking ball is coming along great. I gain more confidence in it every outing.
remember
You know, I really don't remember what he said.
extra hanging knew played work
I played with him in the minors, and you always knew he was going to make it. We'd be hanging out, and he was doing extra work in the cage. That's who he is.
came felt problems stronger year
In the minors, my problems came early. I feel like the more I get going the better I am. I felt like I got stronger and stronger as the year went by.
bigger game glad stayed
I'm glad I stayed and watched. This was big, even bigger than the game in Florida.
confidence either good hate hitters looks means pitch swinging throwing
I'm getting more confidence in my off-speed pitch with every outing. Hitters are swinging at it, and that's a good sign. I want them to swing because that means it looks like a strike. I hate when they aren't swinging at it. The means it either doesn't look like a good pitch, or I'm not throwing it for strikes.
fun pitch runs scoring watch
It?s fun to watch and fun to pitch when (the offense) is scoring runs like that.
anybody blame tough
It was a tough sun. You couldn't blame anybody for that.
blame tough
It was a tough sun; you can't blame that on anybody.