Sidney Ponson
Sidney Ponson
Sidney Alton Ponson, OONis a former Major League Baseball pitcher. As a player, Ponson stood at 6'1" tall and weighed 260 pounds. He threw right-handed with a fastball that clocked out at 95 mph. When he made his major league debut for the Orioles in 1998, he became the third player from Aruba to play in the major leagues. After the 2003 season, he was decorated with an Order of Orange-Nassau, in the grade Knight, along with fellow former Baltimore Orioles...
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After my last problem, I sought help and didn't wait for anybody to push me. I just did it on my own. Since the last time I had trouble, I've been clean.
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I was all right until the seventh. It went downhill from there. I was pretty ticked off. I almost blew the whole thing right there. I left the ball right down the middle for Schneider and he did what he was supposed to do. He hit a double, but I'm glad he didn't hit a homer.
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I was all right until the seventh and then I went downhill from there. I almost blew the whole thing.
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I was all over the place. My shoulder was flying open. I couldn't throw the ball where I wanted. But when I needed to do what I needed to do, somehow I did it.
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I will be happy if I can pitch seven complete innings instead of 6 1-3 and 6 2-3. In the American League I had a lot of pride in going deep into the game, seven or eight innings.
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I went to rehab for health reasons. I'm happy. I'm the same guy as back in the day, but I stopped drinking. I still go out with friends and have fun. But instead of drinking beer I'm drinking water.
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I just missed off the plate. I'd rather that than miss over the plate and them hit it over the wall.
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I just leave the ball down the middle for Schneider and he did what he was supposed to do. I'm glad he didn't hit a home run.
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If I can do that during the season without giving up the home runs and stuff, I'm happy. I look for one- or two-pitch outs. I don't like to strike people out.
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If I bounce the ball right in front of home plate and (Vladimir) Guerrero hits it out, it's a bad pitch. So, it's not a good pitch.
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If I had to go (into the season) with that, I would be (ticked). Going into the season with this start - you know - not that happy about it.
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He told me from the get-go to win a job as a starter I was going to have to come in and work hard. The only thing I can do when they give me the chance is to throw strikes and get people out. In the end they'll choose who's best suited for that spot and we'll see what happens.
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I'm not saying anything bad about Camden Yards, but this is really nice. Those guys told me to let them know how the mound is, and I like it. I think everybody on this pitching staff is going to like it.
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I'm going to find somebody, I told Tony when we had a meeting. It's an ongoing battle and it's not easy, but you have to want it to do it, and I want to do it.