Horacio Ramirez Good Quotations

I felt real good out there. I threw a lot of fastballs and the fastball was down. That's going to be a big pitch for me. I had to get the feel for it. Today was a good start.

I knew right away. It popped and it's never a good thing when you hear something pop. Right now, it's pretty sore, and it doesn't feel very good at all.

Last year, I think I used to beat myself up too much after some bad starts. If I had a good one, I didn't give myself credit. I was always constantly knocking myself down. This year, I'm going to enjoy some games.

When you face up against upper-echelon pitchers like Sheets, you have to minimize your mistakes. I made one, the location just wasn't good at that time. He (Lee) did a good job of keeping it fair.

I threw 72 pitches and every one of them was strong. I'm right where I want to be. I had runners in scoring position but made some good pitches. I was able to minimize the damage.

I get a little glimpse of it, and then it goes away. That's the thing that's frustrating to me. I'll go out there, have three or four good starts, and then have two horrible ones.