John had some good intensity tonight throughout ... He's not thinking about anything that's taken place in the past, either performance-wise or injury-wise, and he's going out and competing at a high level right now.
I didn't say a name ... Today in London I met with some people and I told [Sky]: 'I've offered myself a present', but without mentioning a name, UEFA's rules don't allow that.
The Age - I was hanging a lot of sliders ... I wasn't getting through a lot of pitches like I wanted to. If I didn't hang a slider, I was hitting someone in the back foot with it. I just got in some bad counts. I didn't as feel as good as I would've liked to, but we tried to battle and work through it.
John had some good intensity tonight throughout ... He's not thinking about anything that's taken place in the past, either performance-wise or injury-wise, and he's going out and competing at a high level right now.
He had velocity ... He ended up throwing that cutter very effectively, kind of ran it in on our lefties. As he got more successful with it, he started bringing it off the plate a little bit, opening up the rest of the plate.
Both teams play in it, so it's a better night if you're winning
This was probably the first (start) I didn't really feel the greatest ... I was just kind of pushing (the ball) to the plate. I don't know if the weather had anything to do with that.
It definitely means a lot ... I've been struggling for playing time and to have a big at bat like that it builds confidence heading into the next couple days.
It's been a lot of fun ... My arm strength is getting better. Endurance is getting better. Things are going on the right track.
The benefit that he had coming into this year was that spring training started 16 months post-op for him, so he was a little bit further along in the recovery than maybe the typical Tommy John
He's not thinking about anything that's taken place in the past, either performance-wise or injury-wise
I had one bad year and needed surgery afterwards ... It's not like I've never been good before.
Nap played a great game at first
ESPN - I was coming in on a lot of left-handers ... He had a lot of action, made some great plays for me. Good team effort.
ESPN - They’re going to get Jose Reyes back soon, they’re going to get Josh Johnson back, they’re going to get J.A. Happ back, R.A. Dickey will get on a roll and they could go on a run
Canoe - Regardless of what happens, tonight’s game can have no bearing on tomorrow and that’s what we’ll do
He did a tremendous job tonight
I didn’t do as well as I was hoping to. The guys probably wish they would have put some more runs on the board ... It was raining. It was ugly.
This was probably the first one I didn’t really feel the greatest ... It happens. It’s going to happen again — probably multiple times. You just try and pitch through it.
