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...
almost ball blew downhill glad hit left middle supposed ticked until
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 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 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.
bad ball bounce front good hits home plate
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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I'm happy about the way I threw the ball today. My goal is to get as many ground balls as I can. I don't like to strike people out. I pitch to contact.
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The main thing is I worked on keeping the ball down in the zone, and 75 percent of the time I did keep it down, instead of 50-50.
rear strike throw work
I used to rear back and throw 99 and 'Here you go, I'm going to strike you out. And it didn't work that well.
couple focus lose losing past people tendency winning
You look at it like you're losing 1-0 or winning 1-0. I've had a tendency in the past when I'm up 8-0 to lose focus on a couple pitches. Before you know it, it's 8-5. If you think about you're winning or losing 1-0, it makes things so much better. You get people out.
brought hit missing
I was missing down in the zone. When I brought it up, they hit me.
doubt season
Without a doubt, I would have been (upset) going into the season with this.
everybody guys hard listen looked situation talk
I'm in a different situation here. Look at the guys already here. Over there, everybody looked at me. It was hard to try to talk to young guys who didn't want to listen to you.
help life
I am going to get some help and get my life straightened out.
next
One at a time. The next one after one is two. It's not 10.
eight innings mature pitches throw
I feel much better when I throw eight innings on 80 pitches than eight innings on 120. I think I'm a more mature pitcher.