After I sat down and thought about it, I learned a lot about the game, about myself.
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I am here to get ready for the season. My main objective is to throw good pitches. I want the guys to swing the bats and hit the ball. I was really happy for a while there, the fact I was getting ahead.Russ Ortiz
I knew it was my last inning, and when Helton came up, after about six pitches, I just wanted him to put the ball in play. I started trying to be too fine with pitches, and trying to throw the ball in a good spot over the plate that maybe he'd put in play. But it was good to be able to be stretched out like that. It was nice to get up and down five times.
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It doesn't matter to me. I'm not worried about all that stuff. I don't want to be caught up in all that, ... I just want to pitch and whatever happens happens. It's been a lot easier dealing with it that way.
Russ Ortiz
I made seven mistakes today. I got hit hard. What are you going to do I wasn't very happy, obviously, to put us in that situation, but at the same time I guess it could have been a lot worse.
Russ Ortiz
There's not too many guys out there who do special things that are noticed around the league. And it has to be something special -- like real special -- for people to take notice,
Russ Ortiz
I felt like I could throw every pitch with conviction and not worry about my mechanics. The walks today came up and bit me. ... I just couldn't execute my pitches.
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